These services can provide a bridge for youth at risk of hospitalization, or for those who have been recently discharged and need more frequent sessions than outpatients.Īs we get to know your individual needs and better understand your family, we will recommend In-Home Services when appropriate. Our In-Home Programs include a number of community-based interventions that are provided in the home. Interventions designed to build on each individual’s strengths, to maximize development and support the family, including Pivotal Response Therapy.įor some families, treatment in a clinic or office setting is not sufficient, often due to a need for more intensive services.College consultation for high school students/families with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Educational advocacy to assist parents with accessing appropriate, supportive, school programming.Evaluations for infants, children, and adolescents who have or are suspected of having developmental disabilities.Our teams are expert in the assessment of complex cases where children have multiple diagnoses. Evaluations include psychological and speech language testing, as well as psychiatric and adaptive functioning assessments.
We have a team that specializes in early diagnosis in infants and toddlers, and a second team that specializes in evaluations of children three years and older.Įvaluations take place over two days, and focus on diagnosis, determination of strengths and vulnerabilities, and informing educational interventions. Thank you for visiting our site and your interest in the work of the Child Study Center.Our teams are multidisciplinary groups of clinical faculty who perform comprehensive evaluations in children and adolescents suspected of having developmental disabilities. Our commitment is to continual improvement in what we do for children and families and in learning from all that we do so as to inform that growth and improvement. The Center is actively growing in many areas from basic research in the genetic and neurobiological basis of childhood psychiatric disorders to training clinicians around the world in state of the art mental health service delivery. Our educational efforts include professionals trainings in child psychiatry, social work, and child psychology as well as trainings in research, specific intervention and prevention approaches, and in special areas of children’s mental health. Our faculty are engaged in shaping policies that impact children and families both domestically and internationally. We are engaged in our community with many clinical services in clinic and community settings as well as in homes and pediatric practices.
We are also a center for basic neurodevelopment research on the earliest neurodevelopment and behavioral problems troubling children. We are the Department of Child Psychiatry for the Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital.
At our core is the mission to improve the lives of children and families through research, service, and training. Since 1911, the Center has been serving children and families from birth through adolescence.
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