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) member Marcia Barnes, Ph.D., is Dunn Family Chair in Psychoeducational Assessment and a professor of Special Education. Her research focuses on the cognitive processes associated with difficulties in reading comprehension and mathematics…
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A recent study led by Carly Moser, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D., and additional colleagues at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides new insights into…
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Only about 20% of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities currently receive formal support services. Meghan Burke, professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt Peabody College and a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center member, has built a career around growing that…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network, have reported an increase in the number of children in Tennessee and the U.S….
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Direct support professionals (DSPs) often are the backbone of support for many adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). DSPs provide not only physical assistance but also emotional support and daily stability. Despite their essential role,…
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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.