Kennedy Krieger Institute
Recent News About Kennedy Krieger Institute
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Helping Your Loved One Navigate Friendship Workshop to be held February 20
Join us for a workshop with Mirian Ofonedu, Ph.D., LCSW-C, Training Director from the Maryland Center of Developmental Disabilities (MCDD) at Kennedy Krieger Institute.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: How VR Is Being Used to Help Children With Learning Disabilities, Autism
Students with disabilities often do not learn social skills or pick up on social cues at the same pace as their peers.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Festival of Trees Offers You the Chance to find your Holiday Cheer
Are you joining us for Festival of Trees this weekend?
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Neurodiversity
What's neurodiversity?
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Neurodiversity Workshop
Let the countdown begin - learn how to attract, hire, train and support individuals with neurodiverse traits at our #neurodiversity workshop in just about a month!
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Patients with paralysis learn how to scuba dive at the Kennedy Krieger Institute
Read how Kennedy Krieger's International Center for Spinal Cord Injury patients are learning how to Scuba Dive
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Best Female Athlete with a Disability
Tatyana McFadden, a Paralympian and former Bennett Blazer, was recently named a nominee for this year’s ESPN’s ESPYS.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Aquatic Therapy Program
Watch how our Aquatic Therapy Program is helping bring back strength to those who were told they’d never walk or move again.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: From Patient to Teacher
Kennedy Krieger helped Amy Dykes recover from brain surgery.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Beyond the pain
Norah Daly mysteriously started feeling pain in her body that progressed after breaking her right foot.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Make it a safe golf cart summer
The weather is warm and golf season has begun!
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: FDA Approval of Epidiolex for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Dravet Syndrome
Americans struggling to find a therapy that will control their seizures now have access to a new treatment.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Children with ADHD and autism are more likely to develop anxiety
The study, which compares comorbidities among patients with ASD and ADHD, and ASD alone, is one of the largest of its kind.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: The Complexity of Trauma - Professional Workshop to be held June 29
Did you know - in 2016 there were approximately 44 million immigrants estimated to be living in the U.S. with almost 45% having reported Hispanic or Latino origins.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Bullying, Harassment, & Intimidation of Children with Disabilities and Discipline of Students with Disabilities in Maryland Public Schools Workshop to be held June 26
This workshop will provide an overview of federal and state law and regulations, guidance from the federal government, and policies about bullying, harassment, and intimidation.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Autism, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Law Enforcement Interactions to be held on June 6
This presentation will provide an overview of the steps the Montgomery County Department of Police have taken to ensure positive, effective interactions between law enforcement and the Autism/Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) communities.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Communicating with Families and Caregivers of Students with Autism or other Developmental Disabilities
This interactive training for preschool teachers and others will focus on the importance of clear and effective communication between preschool teachers, clinicians, and parents, especially families of students with ASD and/or other developmental disabilities.
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KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: Autism, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Law Enforcement Interactions
This presentation will provide an overview of the steps the Montgomery County Department of Police have taken to ensure positive, effective interactions between law enforcement and the Autism/Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) communities.