2009

November

11/19 - Benbow Wins National Award for Work with Gifted Children

11/16 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Well Represented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities

11/2 - Registration Now Open for VKC Science Day 2010

October

10/22 - Vanderbilt scientists receive federal funding for two unconventional research projects

10/19 - Survey of Statewide Needs for Services in Developmental Disabilities

10/12 - Vanderbilt Kennedy TRIAD offers online training for early autism screening

September

9/11 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center receives the EP Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award

9/1 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to continue as national Developmental Disabilities Research Center

August

8/27 - Tammy Vice Sings, "Don't Give Up On Me"

8/19 - Tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver by H. Carl Haywood, Ph.D.

8/17 - Inspiration for Head Start

8/17 - The Fulfillment of a Vision

8/11 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center leaders remember Eunice Kennedy Shriver

8/4 - Vanderbilt Best Buddies Present at 20th Annual Best Buddies Leadership Conference

July

7/24 - Advisory Council on Special Education Presents Second Report of Recommendations to Mayor Dean

7/2 - Ann Kaiser contributes to book comprised of writings by adult siblings

June

6/29 - Tennessee Disability Pathfinder Staff Participate in Southern Neighbors Conference

6/23 - Ability to literally imagine one self in another's shoes may be tied to empathy

6/19 - Family-focused care needed to break cycle of depression for parents and their children

May

5/27 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Featured in Think College Newsletter

5/21 - Veenstra-Vanderweele Receives Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

5/14 - Congratulations Vanderbilt Kennedy Reading Clinic Graduates!

5/11 - Living the Lesson

5/6 - Mayor’s Summit on Transition Services for Students With Disabilities

April

4/10 - The First Annual Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS) Conference

4/8 - VKC Honors Self-Advocate and Artist Lois Curtis

4/8 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Postsecondary Education Program Welcomes Tammy Day

4/6 - Happy Sibling Day From the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center!

March

3/20 - MIND Trainees Attend National Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Meeting

February

2/26 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center well represented at the 2009 Special Education Annual Conference

2/2 - Congratulations to Vanderbilt Kennedy Science Day Selected Poster Presenters and Poster Award Recipients!

January

1/13 - ICI to Enhance Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

1/13 - Institute for Community Inclusion and TransCen, Inc. to Research Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

1/8 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Reading Clinic Now Enrolling Struggling Readers in Spring Program

1/7 - Vanderbilt Training Program for Parents of Children With Autism Announces Spring Schedule

2008

December

12/29 - AUCD Meets with Obama-Biden Transition Team

12/12 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center at the 2008 TASH Conference

12/10 - MIHOW Conference Features Presentations From VKC on Autism and ADHD

12/9 - Siblings of People with Low IQ or Mental Illness Face Own Lifelong Challenges, According to Researchers

12/4 - Vanderbilt Will Offer First Postsecondary Education Opportunity in Tennessee for Students With Intellectual Disabilities

November

11/20 - Family Advocate Graduation Day

11/18 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Walking Team Raises $7,817.45 for Autism

11/18 - Disability Services and the Hispanic Community Conference Focuses on Down Syndrome

11/14 - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence Represented at the AUCD 2008 Annual Meeting

11/4 - Tennessee National Service Inclusion Advisory Team wins "Excellence in Partnering" Award

October

10/15 - Peabody Professor Emeritus Appointed to Committee of the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council

10/9 - New Vanderbilt Clinic Helps Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Cope With Change

September

9/16 - Vanderbilt receives expansion grant to prepare professionals

August

8/14 - Creating Postsecondary Education Opportunities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities