Community Training

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center offers educational programs and events year-round to people within the community.

Search for training events using the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Events Calendar and the Tennessee Disabilty Pathfinder Comunity Calendar.

Ongoing Training or Educational Series

• Online Learning

• ADOS-2 Training
  The ADOS-2 is the standard instrument for assessing autism spectrum disorders (ASD) across age, developmental level, and language skills. TRIAD is sponsoring a 2-day training workshop in use of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) to help assess and diagnose ASD. The course provides detailed, initial training for people who plan to use the ADOS-2 in clinical or school settings, and is the first step in training to use the ADOS-2 in research.

• Britt 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.

• TRIAD Autism Related Training
  See upcoming events by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders

• UCEDD Training—Health Care for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  

  Health Care for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Toolkit for Primary Care Providers offers a series of video modules for health care professionals (free CME credit offered upon completion).

• Volunteer Advocacy Project
  The Volunteer Advocacy Project (VAP) trains interested individuals to become special education advocates so they can provide instrumental and affective support to families of children with disabilities in Tennessee.