<p>Participate in interviews about community-based housing goals and experiences.</p>

Participate in interviews about community-based housing goals and experiences.

<p>The TN-SOARING webinar series will focus on follow-up care for NICU graduates. Learn more at: triad.vumc.org/TN-SOARING</p>

The TN-SOARING webinar series will focus on follow-up care for NICU graduates. Learn more at: triad.vumc.org/TN-SOARING

<p>Save the date for 2025 Science Day! Register to attend by September 22nd.</p>

Save the date for 2025 Science Day! Register to attend by September 22nd.

<p>Join us for this VKC Lecture on Development and Developmental Disabilities. Learn more here.</p>

Join us for this VKC Lecture on Development and Developmental Disabilities. Learn more here.

<p>Professional development series for educators, community stakeholders, and families looking to best serve students with visual impairments</p>

Professional development series for educators, community stakeholders, and families looking to best serve students with visual impairments

<p>Learn about the findings from a statewide needs assessment conducted by the Tennessee DD Network.</p>

Learn about the findings from a statewide needs assessment conducted by the Tennessee DD Network.

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Please answer our VKC website satisfaction survey here.

<p>Contributions from individuals and organizations help fuel the VKC’s mission by allowing it to expand its research, training, clinical services, and more. Learn more.</p>

Contributions from individuals and organizations help fuel the VKC’s mission by allowing it to expand its research, training, clinical services, and more. Learn more.

<p>Pathfinder’s new website has easier and improved navigation.</p>

Pathfinder’s new website has easier and improved navigation.

<p>The IDD Toolkit website provides information for the primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Iddtoolkit.org</p>

The IDD Toolkit website provides information for the primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Iddtoolkit.org

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If you are an educator—or work with educators—then it’s likely you have encountered Section 504 plans. These plans support more than 1.3 million students with disabilities across the country, but they differ from Individualized Education Plans, or IEPs.

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An educator’s guide to Section 504 plans: Q&A with Vanderbilt special education researcher Meghan Burke

After a hard day of work, a parent reading a bedtime story to their child might feel too tired and stressed to think of questions that could spark insightful conversations about the story with their child. But these conversations—which scholars call dialogic reading—are critical to literacy development. They strengthen children’s reading comprehension and vocabulary, as well as their love of reading. What if there was a mobile app that could help these families?

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Vanderbilt researchers develop AI-based app to strengthen children’s literacy skills

9/23 - Tennessee Visual Impairments Virtual Academy (TN VIVA) Series: Identity and Developmental Considerations When Assisting Individuals with Visual Impairments

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