Intellectual disability
Intellectual disability, a term that is replacing "mental retadation" in common and professional useage, refers to persons exhibiting impaired intellectual and adaptive functioning manifested during the developmental period (before 22 years of age).
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Services and Programs
- Family Outreach Center and Disability Services
Disability-specific programs associated with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and other organizations at Vanderbilt provide a broad range of treatment, research, technical assistance, education, and outreach services. - Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability
Clinic at Vanderbilt
The Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability
Clinic helps persons with intellectual disabilities, ages
17 and above, cope with the behavioral and mental
health challenges that can inhibit successful adult
life in the after-school years. Often these challenges
extend into later adulthood. The Clinic staff aid
individuals in improving self-worth, their relationships
with others, and their overall life satisfaction. - Britt Henderson Training Series
This annual series of workshops provides training for general and special education teachers, with the goal of improving the quality of education for students with diverse learning needs in inclusive settings. - Reading Clinic
The Reading Clinic provides intensive, individualized, one-to-one tutoring using assessment and instructional methods proven by research to promote reading; serving primarily children in early elementary grades.
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Links and Resources
- Division of Intellectual Disability Services (DIDS)
Provides, in addition to Vocational Rehabilitation Services, other vocational programs which are funded by state government and federal grants to provide adults with intellectual disabilities a range of vocational services including supported employment, vocational training and day vocational programs. - National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) conducts research on the identification of learning disabilities; formulates implementation recommendations; disseminates findings; and provides technical assistance to national, state, and local constituencies. - The IRIS Center
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the IRIS Center develops training enhancement materials to be used by faculty and professional development providers for the preparation of current and future school personnel.
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers need subjects to complete the studies listed below.
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