The mission of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development is to facilitate discoveries and best practices that make positive differences in the lives of persons with developmental disabilities and their families.
About this Program
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities.
Researchers work together to solve the mysteries of developmental disabilities and human development. Its approach to research is interdisciplinary, forming partnerships between researchers and clinicians in behavior, education, genetics and neuroscience in order to make breakthroughs in prevention and treatment.
Services are offered to people with disabilities, families, educators, and healthcare and other service providers. Programs apply the latest knowledge obtained through disabilities research and provide service models.
Training allows its progress to benefit communities. Clinicians, students and researchers, nationally and internationally, come to learn the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's latest innovations.
It reaches out to the community for opportunities to learn more about the science of developmental disabilities and the needs and strengths of the people affected by them.
