Developmental & Behavioral Fellowship Program
Program Elements
- A broad range of clinical training sites, many of which involve interdisciplinary teams
- On-site and off-site clinical supervision provided individually and in groups (including utilizing Collaborative Office Rounds) provided by faculty of many disciplines
- Didactic coursework and seminars, especially within the DBP Program, the Yale Child Study Center, and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
- Extensive public health, policy, leadership, and advocacy training
- Training in cultural sensitivity, through clinical work, education and mentorship and through direct involvement within an innovative program called International Collaborative Office Rounds.
Clinic Descriptions for the Core Program
Area Cooperative Education Educational Services | Mental Health consultation for high school students with emotional problems, substance use, etc. |
Genetics | Weekly clinic doing genetic evaluation of children particularly those with developmental delay and genetic syndromes. |
Lulac HeadStart | Provide consultation for children with DBP problems in Headstart. Assess quality of classroom settings.
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Neurology/Spina Bifida | Assess children with a range of neurological problems affecting development and behavior. |
Newborn Follow-up Clinic | Preterm Follow-up |
Norwalk Hospital Therapy Center | Multidisciplinary assessment of children with a broad range of DBP problems |
Pediatric Respiratory Care Unit | Developmental assessments on chronically ventilated and hospitalized children |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) | Weekly clinic with a physiatrist seeing children and adults with CP, stroke, and other physical and motor disabilities |
Psychopharmacology, Yale Child Study Center Outpatient Clinic | Management of medication for school age patients with a range of developmental and behavioral challenges |
School Age | Developmental behavioral assessments of school age children |
Yale Adoption Clinic | Developmental behavioral assessments of adoptees including assessment for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
Yale Child Study Center Autism Clinic | Multidisciplinary Autism evaluations for children |
Young Child | Developmental and behavioral assessments for children less than 5 |
Young Child Psychopharmacology Clinic | Management of medications for children <5years with autism, ADHD, anxiety, etc. |
The Autism Center at the Hospital for Special Care | Multidisciplinary assessment of children with known or suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders |
