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.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) investigator Maithilee Kunda, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Dr. Kunda’s research focuses on the role of visuospatial cognition in learning and intelligent behavior, especially in developmental…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) creates multiple ways in which the greater Vanderbilt and Nashville community can gain skills in advocacy. From a LEND group project geared towards developing an “Advocacy Toolkit” to the VKC’s recent…
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A Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) partnership with Special Olympics Tennessee and the Strong Minds program teaches athletes coping strategies to reduce stress while providing trainees with hands-on learning opportunities. Strong Minds is the latest of eight…
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This past October, the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation put out its first-ever call for large projects, mini-grants, scholarly literature reviews, and symposia proposals consistent with the Center’s mission of engineering technologies and transforming the…
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This is a monthly email of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Notables published by the Communications staff of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Between issues of Notables, you can stay up to date on the latest Vanderbilt Kennedy Center news, information, and resources via the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Facebook page.