Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Annual Open House

All Yale and YNHHS community members, in addition to area community providers, are welcome to stop by (or stay) at the third annual open house at the 350 George Street location of Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) on Sept. 24 ,2026.

Learn about the broad array of services, research, and general expertise across YCSC missions—and explore some of the clinical, community, policy, research, and model development work of the center. Along with shared knowledge, there will be refreshments and opportunities to connect with colleagues.

RSVPs are requested but not required and attendees are welcome to come any time between 9:30–11:30 a.m. Questions may be sent via e-mail to childstudycenter@yale.edu.

Flash Talk Topics & Presenters

The following preliminary list of topics will be covered through brief "flash talks" throughout the morning. The schedule for these talks will be added leading up to the event.

• “12 Reasons Why Research Rocks!” with Adam Naples, PhD

• “ACCESS Mental Health Expansion of Services” with Dorothy Stubbe, MD, and Signy Peck, LCSW

• “Adapting Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders in Autistic Children” with Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD

• “Caring for Children with Acute Mental Health Needs: A Multidisciplinary Approach” with Mary Gunsalus, MS, and Dawn Sweeney, LCSW

• “Children’s Self-Efficacy Beliefs Are Associated with Fear Processing and Response to Anxiety Treatment” with Eleanor Hansen

• “Incorporating Measures of Chronic Stress into Child and Adolescent Health Research” with Amanda M. Dettmer, PhD

• “Irritability and Anger Outbursts in Children and Adolescents” with Wan-Ling Tseng, PhD

• “New Research in the Anxiety Program” with Eli Lebowitz, PhD

• “Fathers for Change: Program Description and Evidence Base” with Carla Stover, PhD

• “Social Media and the Developing Brain: Insights Into Emotion Regulation and Youth Mental Health” with Karim Ibrahim, PsyD

• “The New Crisis Intervention Center (CIC) at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital” with Pamela Hoffman, MD, and Preston Ebaugh, MD

• “Time Spent vs. Time Well Spent: What Clinicians May Be Missing About Teen Social Media Use” with Nicola Hohensee, PhD, and Marianne Bassing, MA

Families have depended on YCSC services for over a century. The center’s mission integrates innovative research, evidence-based clinical practice, and high-quality advanced training for mental health professionals. YCSC also serves as an academic department within Yale School of Medicine, focused on child and adolescent mental health and developmental research.