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.
VKC researchers at Peabody College are blazing new trails in language and learning programs designed to ensure that children with Down syndrome have the brightest possible futures. During their first years, children develop more rapidly than…
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The VKC continues its celebration of its 50th anniversary as a national Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Science Day, Sept. 29. Training is another VKC mission—and the VKC Volunteer Advocacy Program resumes Sept. 2;…
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Summer programming at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) presents unique opportunities for investigators to design innovative research, for students and professionals to engage in model trainings, and for children and adults with disabilities to learn new…
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Musicians don’t just hear in tune, they also see in tune. That is the conclusion of the latest scientific experiment designed to puzzle out how the brain creates an apparently seamless view of the external world…
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How do you measure quality of life? How do you measure whether persons with intellectual disabilities are living a life similar to their neighbors? These questions lie at the heart of the National Core Indicators, and…
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Educators, other professionals, and parents gathered to learn about discoveries from brain research and connections to education at the Second Annual Neuroscience and Education Symposium, held June 4-5 at Currey Ingram Academy. The conference welcomed over…
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