Researchers work together to solve the mysteries of developmental disabilities and human development. Our approach to research is interdisciplinary, forming partnerships between researchers and clinicians in behavior, education, genetics and neuroscience in order to make breakthroughs in prevention and treatment.
Services are offered to people with disabilities, families, educators and healthcare and other service providers. Our programs apply the latest knowledge obtained through disabilities research and provide service models.
Training allows our progress to benefit communities. Clinicians, students and researchers, nationally and internationally, come to learn the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's latest innovations.
Impacting communities. We reach out to the community for opportunities to learn more about the science of developmental disabilities and the needs and strengths of the people affected by them. As a result, our research, training and services are focused and effective, having a strong impact on communities.
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development was one of twelve original members of a national network of Mental Retardation Research Centers created by the Kennedy administration in 1963.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life of persons with disorders caused by the disruption of typical development. We support and apply scientific research to bring better services and training to the community.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center includes a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), a Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (EKSIDDRC), the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders, and a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities training program. It collaborates with and is made up of organizations on national, state and institutional levels.
A quick view of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center includes total number of investigators, affiliated schools, programs, research projects, grants, and more.
A developmental disability is a condition that is significant and ongoing, begins before age 22, and substantially limits functioning in daily activities of living.
Examples of developmental disabilities include autism, brain injury, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, intellectual disabilities (mental retardation), Prader-Willi syndrome, spina bifida, and Williams syndrome.
(The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center serves persons with developmental disabilities and their families, as well as persons with all types of disabilities, including those whose disabilities occur after age 22.)
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