Outpatient & Home-Based Services
An internationally recognized center of innovation in child and family mental health, the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) is dedicated to promoting healthy development and psychological well-being across the lifespan. Follow the links below to make an appointment and learn more about our outpatient clinical services, home-based interventions, assessment services, and more on the YCSC section of the Yale Medicine site.
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Fact Sheets
Pivotal Response Treatment
Pivotal response treatment is a behavioral treatment for autism that uses play to teach and reinforce new, pro-social behavior. Learn about this treatment.
Read moreLead Poisoning (in Children)
Exposure to lead can harm young children and babies, even before birth
Read moreMental Health Medications for Children
Children may benefit from mental health medications, which may be helpful in treating autism, obsessive compulsive disorder or depression. Learn more about these treatments.
Read moreChild Development
Child development is a series of skills and stages that occur in a child between birth and adulthood.
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