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The Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) network and outreach committee has been busy planning and coordinating both internal events and community-based volunteering opportunities in the greater New Haven area this year. Learn more about how this committee was formed and some of the events that have been planned.

The Yale Child Study Center, which serves as the department of child psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, offers a variety of faculty and staff opportunities for talented individuals seeking to impact and improve the lives of children and families.

YCSC Professor Marc Brackett, who also serves as the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, was quoted in this article in Greater Good Magazine, addressing how anxiety -- and other negatively associated emotions -- can serve a purpose.

Drs. Robin Stern and Marc Brackett from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence explore the nuances between exercising good judgment and being judgmental. Read on to discover effective strategies for how we can manage interactions with judgmental people while recognizing these tendencies in ourselves.

In this Greater Good Magazine article, YCSC Associate Research Scientist Robin Stern and co-authors address how emotional intelligence skills can improve well-being and lead to being a better leader. Stern also serves as associate directer for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

The Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) community came together via Zoom on May 29, 2024 to recognize long-term service to the university. Forty-eight community members were honored for their respective years of service at Yale, from 5 up to 45 years.

In celebration of World Creativity & Innovation Day 2024, the BIC Corporate Foundation and the International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation released a “Creativity in Education Research Report” featuring research from 44 researchers across 22 countries, including Dr. Jessica Hoffmann’s studies on enhancing secondary students' social-emotional learning and exploring effective cognitive reappraisal techniques among adolescents, underscoring the importance of creativity in education and well-being.

Craig Bailey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Child Study Center and Director of Early Childhood Initiatives at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, delivered the keynote address to early childhood leaders and practitioners at the 2024 Partner Powered Conference for Social and Emotional Learning, held on April 25, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. This conference emphasizes the importance of early childhood education and evidence-based practices for fostering social and emotional development, Dr. Bailey highlighted the need for adults to understand and communicate their own emotions to better support children.

At the 2024 APA Division 10 conference, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence researchers Drs. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Jessica Hoffmann, and Yifei Pei presented their work on creativity research, self-regulation, and curiosity, offering practical guidance and new insights into the emotional dynamics and self-perception in creative pursuits, and contributing significantly to the event's focus on psychology, creativity, and emotional intelligence.