Social-emotional development and intervention

Social skills instruction, usually group oriented, is aimed at increasing the quality and capability of interpersonal interaction.

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Services and Programs

• ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp
  A weeklong residential camp where campers participate in a songwriting workshop, recording session, songwriter's night and a live performance on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
• Research Family Partners
  Research Family Partners is a program that helps families connect with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center research studies in which they may be interested in taking part.
• SibSaturday Day Camp Program
  A family-centered resource and support program for siblings of children with special needs.
• Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS)
  A support and networking group for adult siblings of individuals with disabilities.

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Links and Resources

• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
  The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is a national resource center for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country.

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StudyFinder - Participate in a study related to Social-emotional development and intervention

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

• TRIAD Running Club for teens with ASD: an opportunity for adult-facilitated peer interactions

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Video, Podcast and Images

• Health Disparities and the Stress Hypothesis
  

  January 9, 2013
  Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds
  R. Jay Turner, Ph.D., Harvie Branscomb Chair and Professor of Sociology, Professor of Psychiatry

• Social Interaction and Stress in Autism
  September 5, 2012
  Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds
  Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, VKC Investigator
• The Teaching Pyramid: Supporting Young Children's Social Emotional Development and Addressing and Preventing Challenging Behavior
  Mary Louise Hemmeter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education, presents at the monthly grand rounds series for clinicians, researchers, trainees, and students on Wednesday, December 2, 2009.
• Lessons Learned by a Basic Scientist: How To Succeed in Business (of the Policy World) without really trying
  Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Director, Pat Levitt, and David Mills, Associate Director of State Policy & Legislative Affairs Vanderbilt Community, Neighborhood & Government Relations present.

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