Overview

Access Nashville

Access Nashville is a service learning training project at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Disability awareness and "accessibility-friendly" training are provided in a college classroom setting and students are given a specific restaurant to survey as an assignment.

Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Clinic at Vanderbilt (BHID-V)

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.

Henderson Training Series for Educators

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.

Legal and Advocacy Training

The VKC Legal and Advocacy Training Project is a series of trainings that will inform and educate judges who preside over Special Education court cases and/or cases that involve individuals with developmental disabilities.

Project SUPPORT & INCLUDE

This professional training series facilitates the development of three-tiered models of Positive Behavior Support designed to address the social, academic, and behavior needs of all students. Project SUPPORT and INCLUDE (PSI) offers staff development and technical assistance to school-based teams in seventeen Tennessee counties.