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.
In October 2018, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder (Pathfinder) received a supplemental grant from the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities to expand its visibility and outreach to targeted rural counties in the state. Activities included ramping up social…
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The Nashville Opera has long been a community partner of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment & Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD), working together to create sensory-friendly programming designed for families of children with…
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Three pilot studies led by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researchers are competing to serve as the signature project of the VKC Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC). The VKC’s IDDRC grant is up for renewal…
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Participants in two Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) training programs dedicate years of their careers to learning best practices to serve individuals with disabilities. We’re checking in with four trainees who are taking the skills they honed…
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Detecting and treating schizophrenia early, perhaps even before symptoms arise, could lead to better therapeutic outcomes. Studies have demonstrated differences in social function and cognition among people who later develop symptoms of schizophrenia, but less is…
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