Infants

Infants refer to newborns through 23 months of age.

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• Upcoming Events
• StudyFinder
• News
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• Faculty

Links and Resources

• Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt
  The Department of Pediatrics is associated with some of the finest institutions in the country for the diagnosis and treatment of children. The department is housed within the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, enabling a true synergy between the teaching faculty, house staff and the patients they treat.
• Week of the Young Child
  The National Week of the Young Child focuses public attention on the rights and needs of young children. It is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), which is dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education for all young children and their families.

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Upcoming Events

• January, 13 2010
  Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds - Understanding Why Infants Begin Reaching For Objects: Towards an Intervention for Infants with Visual Impairments

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StudyFinder - Participate in a study related to Infants

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers need subjects to complete the studies listed below.

• Behavior and Development in Persons with Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Hearing Tests for Infants and Young Children
• Social-emotional development of infants at risk for ASD
• Talk, Talk, Talk: The Emergence of Language
• Tennessee Connections for Better Birth Outcomes (BBO)

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In the News

• The Tennessean: Parents, not products, are best teachers
• USA Today: Pregnant women bare arms for H1N1 vaccine

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