The Promise of Discovery
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Are Parents of School-Age Children Valid Reporters of Their Children's Grammatical Skills?
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 5, Episode 5 It’s important for speech language pathologists to learn about children’s grammar because grammar de...
Visual perception with motor practice leads to lasting brain changes that support learning
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 5, Episode 4 This research explored how combining visual perception with motor practice—specifically drawing unfami...
Identifying new therapies for Neurofibromatosis Type 1
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 5, Episode 3 Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a neurodevelopmental disease which affects about 100,000 people in the...
Caregiver familiarity with mental health services for children with IDD
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 5, Episode 2 Although children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) more often experience mental ...
Social Exclusion and Schizophrenia
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 4, Episode 7 While public attitudes towards many stigmatized groups have improved in recent years, the same has not b...
Support needs of siblings who have brothers and sisters with disabilities
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 4, Episode 5 The needs of siblings of individuals with disabilities are under studied. The research presented in this...
Activation Mechanisms for Context-Dependent Allosteric Modulation of the mGlu7 receptor
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 4, Episode 4 This research examines mGlu7, a transmembrane receptor involved in several neurodevelopmental disorders,...
Associations Between Executive Functioning Impairments and Anxiety Symptoms among Youth with Autism
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 4, Episode 3 Many people with autism experience executive functioning (EF) impairments, and its widely acknowledged t...
Chronic developmental manganese exposure alters response to amphetamine and methylphenidate
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 4, Episode 2 Manganese is essential for brain development and human health. However, excess manganese can be toxic. T...
Investigating markers of Alzheimer’s in individuals with Down syndrome
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 4, Episode 1 Adults with Down syndrome have a greatly increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life....
Erik Carter: A career in friendships, flourishing, and faith
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 3, Episode 4 In 2022, VKC UCEDD Co-Director Erik Carter announced he would be leaving Vanderbilt and taking a positio...
Exploring memory circuit changes in neurodevelopmental disorders
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 3, Episode 3 In this podcast we discuss our research using mice with a genetic deletion similar to a human neurodevel...
Neurocognitive effects of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 3, Episode 2: Rates of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) have increased, and prenatal opioid exposure is tho...
Building social connection for neurodiverse children and families through music class
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 3, Episode 1: Community participation is important for family well-being but many families of autistic children repor...
Accessing disability information and resources: Tennessee Disability Services Study
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 8: The Tennessee Disability Services Study surveyed more than 3,000 individuals with disabilities, family ...
Potential Rett syndrome drug shows promising results in phase 3 trial
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 7: This episode features a discussion of the need for meaningful therapies in Rett syndrome (RTT), and hig...
Training for special education teachers in augmentative and alternative communication
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 6: This episode features discussion of a national survey of special education teachers to assess the level...
Tracking autism prevalence in Tennessee and the U.S.
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 5: The estimated prevalence of children in the U.S. with autism spectrum disorder has increased in 2021. P...
Reducing risk of Alzheimer’s Disease in individuals with Down syndrome
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 4: The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers in this episode are studying the connection of Down syndrome ...
Wearable technology and identifying pre-cursors of challenging behaviors
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 3: The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers in this episode are studying how technology (wearable sensors...
Peer network intervention to improve social communication and peer relationships
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 2: The research in this episode focuses on an intervention for educators to use in schools to support mini...
Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Season 2, Episode 1: The research discussed in this episode focuses on how low doses of the drug ketamine produce fast and ...
Drug discovery in academia: Testing a potential new therapeutic for Rett syndrome
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 14: This episode outlines research focused on a new treatment strategy for Rett syndrome and related disorders, tes...
Brain mechanisms underlying skilled reading in children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 13: Many deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children struggle with reading and the severity of the impairment for some ...
Educating parents of young adults with autism on the transition to adult services
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 11: ASSIST – Advocating for Supports to Improve Service Transitions – is a program that trains parents of young...
Effects of Paid Work in High School on the Employment Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 10 Equipping students with severe disabilities for the world of work has been the longstanding emphasis of transitio...
Disability identity: A model of psychosocial identity development for individuals with disabilities
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 9: This episode outlines a qualitative study to explore the disability identity development of college students wit...
Using theatre to improve social communication skills in individuals on the autism spectrum
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 8: Sense Theatre is a unique intervention research program that brings together theatre techniques and peer actors ...
Understanding how social information is processed within the reward circuit
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 7: Understanding how social information is processed within the reward circuit has the potential to uncover molecula...
Testing an app to help pediatricians recognize autism risk in young children
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 6: Testing an app to help pediatricians recognize autism risk in young children Researchers from the Vanderbilt Kenn...
Understanding how brain mechanisms interact to predict academic outcomes
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 5: Laurie Cutting: Understanding how brain mechanisms interact to predict academic outcomes Cutting is among only 3...
Paul Yoder: A career in helping children learn to talk
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 4: Paul Yoder: A career in helping children learn to talk Paul Yoder, Ph.D., retired from Vanderbilt University in ...
Learning How Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Process Sensory Information
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 3: Learning how children with autism spectrum disorders process sensory information A multidisciplinary, 5-year proj...
Language Growth In Young Children With Disabilities
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 2: Language growth in in young children with disabilities The Vanderbilt KidTalk project facilitates studies focused...
Understanding critical issues in Down syndrome
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Promise of Discovery Episode 1: Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers are using electronic medical record information and biological samples to b...