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Peer network intervention to improve social communication and peer relationships
The research in this episode focuses on an intervention for educators to use in schools to support minimally verbal students with autism (ages 5-9) to establish social...
Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects
The research discussed in this episode focuses on how low doses of the drug ketamine produce fast and long-term antidepressant effects and identifies the gene (MeCP2) ...
Drug discovery in academia: Testing a potential new therapeutic for Rett syndrome
This episode outlines research focused on a new treatment strategy for Rett syndrome and related disorders, tests the hypothesis that there may be specific Rett syndro...
Brain mechanisms underlying skilled reading in children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Many deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children struggle with reading and the severity of the impairment for some children increases with age. Despite this, we know very ...
Educating parents of young adults with autism on the transition to adult services
ASSIST – Advocating for Supports to Improve Service Transitions – is a program that trains parents of young adults with autism on services that are available in the co...
Effects of Paid Work in High School on the Employment Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities
Equipping students with severe disabilities for the world of work has been the longstanding emphasis of transition education. Adolescence is a critical period for empl...
Disability identity: A model of psychosocial identity development for individuals with disabilities
This episode outlines a qualitative study to explore the disability identity development of college students with disabilities. The results led to establishing a model...
Using theatre to improve social communication skills in individuals on the autism spectrum
Sense Theatre is a unique intervention research program that brings together theatre techniques and peer actors to enhance social competence in individuals with autism...
Understanding how social information is processed within the reward circuit
Understanding how social information is processed within the reward circuit has the potential to uncover molecular targets with positive therapeutic potential. The inv...
Testing an app to help pediatricians recognize autism risk in young children
Researchers from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and partners from technology start-up Adaptive Technology Consulting discuss the evaluation of a mobile app called Autos...
Understanding how brain mechanisms interact to predict academic outcomes
Laurie Cutting: Understanding how brain mechanisms interact to predict academic outcomesCutting is among only 33 Vanderbilt researchers to have received an NIH Merit A...
Paul Yoder: A career in helping children learn to talk
Paul Yoder, Ph.D., retired from Vanderbilt University in late 2019. A long-time Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigator, he studied communication and language and inter...
Learning How Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Process Sensory Information
A multidisciplinary, 5-year project focused on understanding how the brain integrates information coming in from multiple senses, and whether we can train multisensory...
Language Growth In Young Children With Disabilities
The Vanderbilt KidTalk project facilitates studies focused on language learning in young children with disabilities. Interventions typically focus on teaching partners...
Understanding critical issues in Down syndrome
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers are using electronic medical record information and biological samples to better understand how Down syndrome is related to a var...
