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 details & schedule

The following topics will be covered by the experts noted, through brief "flash talks" scheduled between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

• 12 Reasons why Research Rocks! with Adam Naples, PhD, in conference room 305A
• ACCESS-Mental Health Expansion of Services with Dorothy Stubbe, MD, and Signy Peck, LCSW, in conference room 305B
• Adapting Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders in Autistic Children with Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD, in conference room 305C
• Caring for Children with Acute Mental Health Needs: A Multidisciplinary Approach with Mary Gunsalus, MS, and Dawn Sweeney, LCSW, inconference room 305D

10:25 a.m.

• Irritability and Anger Outbursts in Children and Adolescents with Wan-Ling Tseng, PhD, in conference room 305A
• Social Media and the Developing Brain: Insights into Emotion Regulation and Youth Mental Health with Karim Ibrahim, PsyD, in conference room 305B
• Children’s Self-Efficacy Beliefs Are Associated with Fear Processing and Response to Anxiety Treatment with Eleanor Hansen in conference room 305C
• New Research in the Anxiety Program with Eli Lebowitz, PhD, in conference room 305D

10:50 a.m.

• The New Crisis Intervention Center (CIC) at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital with Pamela Hoffman, MD, and Preston Ebaugh, MD, in conference room 305A
• Fathers for Change: Program Description and Evidence Base with Carla Stover, PhD, in conference room 305B
• Does the Timing of Exposure to Parental Depression Matter for Mental Health in Young Adulthood? with Kieran O'Donnell, PhD, and Addy Feibel in conference room 305C
• Time Spent vs. Time Well Spent: What Clinicians May Be Missing About Teen Social Media Use with Nicola Hohensee, PhD, and Marianne Bassing, MA, in conference room 305D

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.