Research training at the John F. Kennedy center

The John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development at Peabody College has had a primary mission of high-quality research on mental retardation and related aspects of human development for the past 30 years. As a part of this research enterprise there has been a parallel commitment to research training for undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral trainees. Training has typically been provided in the context of ongoing funded research with the support of institutional research training grants, foundation grant awards, and strong academic programs. The purpose of this article is to review this outstanding record of research training in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. The history of research training at the Kennedy Center actually begins 12 years before its creation. Its most obvious roots emerge from the Mental Retardation Research Training Program-a revolutionary program created in the mid-1950s. In fact some

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