News and Information from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Notables is a monthly e-newsletter to share stories about discoveries and best practices that are opening doors and transforming lives for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
A multisite randomized, controlled trial has tested the effects of different intervention styles and intensities for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study is one of the first to rigorously test these intervention elements based on initial…
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Former Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Anjali Forber-Pratt, Ph.D., has joined the Administration for Community Living (ACL) as the new director of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Prior to the…
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Zachary Warren, Ph.D., professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Special Education, has been named director of the Division of Developmental Medicine in the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics. His appointment began April 1. Warren, executive…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of 15 institutions across the U.S. being honored with the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF)’s Center of Excellence designation or redesignation. The award recognizes the Vanderbilt Rett Syndrome Clinic’s continued…
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Transition Tennessee and Tennessee’s Vocational Rehabilitation services program have had a longtime partnership that will only grow and improve with time, thanks to a new five-year contract extension to increase transition services for teens and young…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) and the Academy of Country Music’s philanthropic arm ACM Lifting Lives® teamed up once more for the 12th annual ACM Lifting Lives® Music Camp. This was the second year camp moved…
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