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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Links

• Susan Gray, the Early Training Project, and Head Start
  Susan Gray (1913-1992), a Peabody alumna, was a co-founder of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
• More About Nicholas Hobbs
  Nicholas Hobbs (1915-1983) was a pioneer in the field of child psychology, developing new concepts for treating children with emotional problems and children with intellectual disabilities.
• Lloyd Dunn and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
  Lloyd Dunn was one of the "scholars with a social conscience" who founded the Kennedy Center in 1965.
• Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development
  The Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development (IMRID) conducted a broad program of research, but its major emphasis was on the retarded intellectual development associated with socioeconomic deprivation.
• Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE)
  The Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) was established in 1966 to serve as a research, training, and demonstration center concerned with improving the educability of young children from low-income homes.

News Releases and Media Mentions

• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to continue as national Developmental Disabilities Research Center
  The Vandebrilt Kennedy Center will continue under the leadership of Elisabeth Dykens.
• Tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver by H. Carl Haywood, Ph.D.
  Article written by Carl Haywood, Ph.D., Director of the John F. Kennedy Center from 1971 - 1993, as a tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center leaders remember Eunice Kennedy Shriver as tireless advocate for persons with developmental disabilities
  A special tribute remembering Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a tireless advocate for persons with developmental disabilities.