Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
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Next Steps at Vanderbilt takes huge leap forward thanks to federal grant
Tennessee’s first postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities, Next Steps at Vanderbilt, will expand significantly thanks to new federal funding. Read MoreNov 24, 2015
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Photo: Kennedy Center celebration
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, fourth from left, recently met with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center leadership and Next Steps at Vanderbilt students to celebrate VKC’s 50th anniversary. Read MoreOct 15, 2015
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Theatre program benefits children with autism: study
Children with autism who participated in a 10-week, 40-hour, theatre-based program showed significant differences in social ability compared to a group of children with autism who did not participate, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Read MoreSep 30, 2015
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to continue as national Developmental Disabilities Research Center
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) has been awarded a $6.5 million, five-year grant to continue as a national Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC). Read MoreSep 17, 2015
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Participants wanted for Disability Mentoring Day Oct. 21
Disability Mentoring Day at Vanderbilt is scheduled for Oct. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Room 241. Read MoreSep 15, 2015
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2015 Science Day to honor Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s 50th anniversary
To celebrate the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s 50th anniversary as one of the nation’s original Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers, the VKC will host its 2015 Science Day on Tuesday, Sept. 29, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Read MoreSep 9, 2015
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Kennedy Center for Excellence lands five-year renewal grant
The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to continue the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC). Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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New TRIAD roles allow for expanded autism services
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) is changing its leadership structure to keep pace with its rapidly expanding portfolio of autism training, services and research. Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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Photo: Anniversary visitor
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) recently welcomed Timothy Shriver, Ph.D., chair and CEO of Special Olympics, as part of the center’s 50th anniversary celebration. Read MoreAug 6, 2015
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Vanderbilt to host conference of leading music cognition researchers
Hundreds of the world’s leading music cognition researchers are coming to Nashville from Saturday, Aug. 1, to Wednesday, Aug. 5, as Vanderbilt plays host to the biennial meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Read MoreJul 30, 2015
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Deadline for VKC Science Day poster submissions extended to Aug. 3
The Call for Abstracts is open for the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's 2015 Science Day, set for Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Vanderbilt University's Student Life Center. Read MoreJul 29, 2015
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VKC Reading Clinic now accepting fall session applications for struggling readers
The Clinic provides individualized, one-to-one tutoring using assessments and evidence-based instructional methods. Read MoreJul 16, 2015
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VKC celebrates 50th anniversary with Shriver visit
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s 50th recent Anniversary Community Celebration celebrated the strides made in half a century and concentrated on steps to be taken for the future. Read MoreJun 18, 2015
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Grant significantly expands Vanderbilt’s autism training for Tennessee educators
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has awarded a five-year, $10 million training grant to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD), continuing a 16-year partnership to provide education and training opportunities for school personnel throughout the state. Read MoreJun 17, 2015
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VKC to host parental stress intervention conference July 14-17
Instructors will split the four-day conference into two, two-day sessions, with each session focusing on one of two intervention manuals created by VKC researchers to teach parents of children with disabilities how to manage stress. Read MoreMay 29, 2015
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New player in neuronal communication
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a novel mechanism for the development of dendritic spines – sites of nerve cell communication. Read MoreMay 1, 2015
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VUCast: Building a Better App
In the latest VUCast: See how a School of Engineering senior is improving children’s educational apps; hear about the “revolution” our Senior Day speaker will share with graduates; and learn how Vanderbilt is investing in Tennessee. Watch now! Read MoreApr 29, 2015
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Wehby receives 2015 CEC Special Education Research Award
Joseph Wehby has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Special Education Research Award from the Council for Exceptional Children. Read MoreApr 3, 2015
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Small Particle, Big City
For 20 years the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, in sponsorship with the Nashville Mayor’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities, has put together an annual exhibit of work by artists with a wide range of ages, abilities and disabilities called Creative Expressions. Read MoreMar 23, 2015
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Photo: Anniversary celebration
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is celebrating 50 years of transforming the lives of people with disabilities through discovery, service and training. Read MoreMar 12, 2015