Yale Autism Seminar
by Yale Child Study Center
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Description
The Yale Seminar on Autism and Related Disorders is the United States' first undergraduate course of its kind. All of the lecture content from the undergraduate course and supporting materials available online for free for anyone who desires to learn about Autism Spectrum Disorders. For Yale undergraduates, the class consists of a weekly seminar on diagnosis and assessment, etiology and treatment of children, adolescents and adults with autism and related disorders of socialization. This collection consists of 11 lectures that cover many topics on Autism Spectrum Disorders: from behavioral assessment to psychopharmacology, parental guidance to insights into the life of a child with autism.
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Overview of Autism, Prof. Fred Volkmar | From the Yale Autism Seminar: Prof. Fred Volkmar introduces the Yale College Autism Seminar and provides a general overview of autism and related disorders and what the course will cover. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Overview of Autism, Dr. Ami Klin | In this class session, Dr. Ami Klin gives the second part of the lecture, Overview of Autism. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Autism Assessment, Katherine Tsatsanis | From the Yale Autism Seminar: Dr. Katherine Tsatsanis presents the central theme of this lecture: diagnosis and assessment of autism spectrum disorders. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Treatments for Autism: Overview of Model Programs, Fred Volkmar | From the Yale Autism Seminar: Prof. Fred Volkmar covers an overview of model programs for the treatment of autism. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Social Development in Autism, Dr. Ami Klin | This lecture focuses on the emergence of highly conserved and early emerging mechanisms of socialization and their disruption in infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorders. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behavioral Treatments, Dr. Michael Powers | This lecture introduces the foundations of behavioral assessment and treatment of significant challenging behavior in persons with autism. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parental Perspectives and Supporting Families, Alison Singer | Alison Singer, President of the Autism Science Foundation, addresses early warning signs, the effect of the diagnosis on the whole family and more from the point of view of a parent of a child with autism. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Electrophysiological Studies of Social Perception, Dr. James McPartland | From the Yale Autism Seminar: James McPartland reviews face perception in social development and its relevance to understanding social perception in autism. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neuroimaging, Dr. Kevin Pelphrey | Dr. Kevin Pelphrey discusses recent research, using fMRI to investigate the brain mechanisms involved in the typical and atypical development of social perception in typically developing children and children with autism. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Communication in Autism, Dr. Rhea Paul | In this lecture, terms related to communication are defined and typical communication development are reviewed by Dr. Rhea Paul. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Genetics of Autism, Prof. Matthew State | Dr. Matthew State covers the challenges of gene discovery in ideopathic Autism, rare versus common genetic variation, and shares some recent findings and a nod to the future of Autism genetics. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psychopharmacology, Dr. Andrés Martin | Dr. Andrés Martin reviews target symptoms that can be successfully treated with medications in this final lecture in the Autism Seminar series. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Autism in Infants and Young Children, Dr. Kasia Chawarska | In this lecture, Dr. Kasia Chawarska covers the patterns of onset of autism in young children and the diagnosis, the syndrome expression and atypical face processing in toddlers with ASD. | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Legal Rights of Children with Autism and Related Disorders | This lecture offers a brief history of the evolution of laws for children with disabilities. The discussion will examine current disability laws, particularly as they affect children on the autism spectrum. | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Episodes |
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