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Researchers work to help children with a rare form of autism
That changed at the end of third grade. Dylan entered a period of intense anxiety that lasted nearly six months. In a video from this phase, he frantically paces his living room, shaking his hands, scratching his shoulders, repeating over and over, "I'm upset. ... I don't like it. ... oowww, it hurts. ... I'm scared." He scratches under his shirt, giving the impression he wants to crawl out of his skin. "He cried all the time," Covell recalls.
A catastrophe in the brain
Clinicians at the Child Study Center worked with experts in genetics, neuroimaging, and eye tracking to understand what causes childhood disintegrative disorder, a rare form of autism. Dylan started life as a typical baby, meeting his milestones for walking, talking, and other markers of normal development. In a home video from when Dylan was about 3, he climbs, bursting with energy, on the couch and pretends to read aloud from a picture book.
Fight at the Museum: Confronting Visitor Biases
Midway through the school year, parents and teachers are starting to plan (and fundraise) for winter and spring field trips. Among the most popular destinations is the science museum. The Association of Science-Technology Centers estimates that 12.1 million children in the United States visited science museums as part of a school group in 2013, accounting for approximately 22 percent of K–12 schoolchildren.
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence joins the Yale Child Study Center
The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI) joined the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) beginning on July 1st, 2016. This merger comes after YCEI received numerous grants to expand RULER, its evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that serves over a million students in over 1000 K-12 schools. The partnership is part of the YCSC’s expansion of education-based prevention of behavioral and mental health challenges.
Fight at the Museum: Confronting Visitor Biases
The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American. Midway through the school year, parents and teachers are starting to plan (and fundraise) for winter and spring field trips. Among the most popular destinations is the science museum.
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