Yale Autism Program
The Autism Program at Yale is an interdisciplinary group of clinicians and scholars dedicated to providing comprehensive clinical services to children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. We are also one of the leading research centers in the world and were recently recognized as a National Institutes of Health Autism Center of Excellence. Our program involves infants, toddlers, pre-school, and school-age children, as well as young adults (18-21 years) with autism and related disorders and integrates highly experienced professionals from the fields of clinical psychology, neuropsychology and neuroimaging, child psychiatry, speech-language pathology, social work, genetics and the biological sciences, as well as psychopharmacology and psychiatric nursing. Our clinical and research activities are located in the Child Study Center at Yale University, School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
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News
- The Yale Autism Program has 14 Oral Presentations and 21 Poster Presentations at this year's IMFAR (International Meeting for Autism Research) May 17-19th in Toronto, Canada. Click Here for a list of Presentations and Authors.
- Register for the Yale Child Study Center Autism Program's 11th Annual Summer Institute on Autism Spectrum Disorders July 25-27th! Click Here to register now!
- Yale Child Study Center professor James McPartland, Ph.D is currently featured on the National Institute of Health's New Feed!Dr. McPartland explains why a wide autism spectrum may explain this surge and how new diagnosis criteria from the American Psychiatric Association, might change the way the disorder is defined. To watch the direct video, click here.
- Read about Dr. Kevin Pelphrey and the progress being made studying the autistic brain in USA Today's article Autism science is moving 'stunningly fast'!
- Dr. Kevin Pelphrey and Dr. Alexander Westphal's articleIn defense of childhood disintegrative disorder featured on SFARI.org argues why they believe CDD should still be considered part of the Autism Spectrum.
- Moving On: Preparing Students with Autism, Asperger’s, and Learning Differences for College. This conference is a day long workshop for high school students, parents, teachers and others. Sunday, April 22, 2012! To learn more, Click Here.
- Pamela Ventola, Ph.D. and Celine Saulnier, Ph.D. recently wrote a book titled Essentials of Autism Spectrum Disorders Evaluation and Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) written for mental health practitioners and is currently available here. This book addresses the main domains of assessment, defines the purpose of the assessment, and suggests test instruments, equipping mental health practitioners with all the information they need to utilize the varied assessments frequently employed in an autism evaluation.
- Exploring Artism: A Program for families at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Saturday April 14th, 10:30am-noon. More details here.
- Yale Child Study Center director Fred Volkmar, M.D., along with CSC colleagues Brian Reichow, Ph.D. and James McPartland, Ph.D. recently conducted a study citing the potential repercussions of the DSM-5's revised definition of Autism. Read the full article Autism redefined: Yale researchers study impact of proposed diagnostic criteria
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Director's Welcome
Fred R. Volkmar, M.D.
Welcome to the Autism Program at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine. Our core mission is to advance the best science of clinical care for individuals with autism and their families. Our clinical services include evaluations, treatment and capacity-building consultations to schools and the community at large. Our research covers a wide range of clinical and basic science projects, from gene-finding to access to community services.
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