My training at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University was in the Mental Retardation Research Program. This program is mostly focused on developmental psychology but also includes a sequence of ...

Responsive Teaching Mahoney, along with Frida Perales, who received her doctoral degree in social welfare from the Mandel School, recently published a book about responsive teaching, appropriately ...

CLEVELAND—While infant and toddler brains are rapidly developing, a window of opportunity exists to reduce the impact of autism, which now affects one of every 150 children born in the United States.

Mothers of young children with autism who focus on improving the quality of their own relationship skills—as opposed to teaching developmental skills to their children—experience dramatic improvements ...