Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

March 25, 2015

VKC Reading Clinic now accepting summer applications

Enrollment is now open for the summer 2015 program of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic. The clinic provides individualized, one-to-one tutoring using assessments and evidence-based instructional methods shown to promote reading.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 12, 2015

Photo: Anniversary celebration

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is celebrating 50 years of transforming the lives of people with disabilities through discovery, service and training.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 19, 2015

Autism Partnership founder to speak Feb. 23

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will welcome Autism Partnership founder and co-director John McEachin, Ph.D., on Monday, Feb. 23, at 4:10 p.m. as he presents a lecture titled “Helping Children with ASD Become More Responsive Learners.” A reception will be held following the lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 5, 2015

Copper toxicity and Parkinson’s

A genetic predisposition to Parkinson’s disease makes neurons more vulnerable to the toxicity of heavy metals such as copper.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 29, 2015

Vanderbilt Star competition rescheduled for March 22

Ten students from Vanderbilt University and Belmont University will compete for a one-song record deal.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 23, 2015

New view of dopamine heteromers

Although heteromeric dopamine receptors composed of both D1 and D2 subunits have been proposed to play a role in depression and schizophrenia, recent studies suggest these heteromers do not exist.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 12, 2015

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center celebrates 50 years in 2015

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will celebrate 50 years of transforming lives in 2015 with lectures by AUCD Executive Director Andrew Imparato and Special Olympics Chairman and CEO Timothy Shriver.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 26, 2014

The most popular research news stories of 2014

Electricity, learning, marijuana, outer space and planet Earth were the hot topics of 2014.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 16, 2014

Reading Clinic again lands Dollar General Foundation support

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has again awarded a $50,000 Youth Literacy grant to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 2, 2013

Vanderbilt Kennedy Reading Clinic is accepting applications

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Reading Clinic, which offers one-on-one instruction for struggling readers, is accepting applications for enrollment.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2013

Team William raises funds

Inspired by William Spickard, Peabody alumna Andrea McDermott Sanders, M.Ed., founded “Team William” in 2005 to support scholarships for children with Down syndrome to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 10, 2013

Kennedy Center Science Day set for Jan. 15

The latest science relevant to autism, Down syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder will be discussed Tuesday, Jan. 15, during Science Day 2013, sponsored by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.
By Bill Snyder
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