Tag: Mt. Hope Family Center
Mt. Hope Family Center expands evidence-based trauma services
New federal funding will support the center’s programs addressing child and family trauma at individual and systemic levels.
Thriving while living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are a pressing public health problem—and the University of Rochester is home to one of only two specialty diagnostic clinics in New York state. Here, Rochester psychologists are making the case for a new approach to treating FASD.
How does the pandemic affect families who were already struggling?
River Campus psychologists and the Mt. Hope Family Center are awarded a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant to study the pandemic’s long-term effects on family cohesion and child well-being.
Partners play pivotal role in pregnant women’s alcohol use, which affects their babies’ development
Rochester psychologists say successful intervention efforts need to include partners of mothers-to-be.
Finishing doctoral work, nurse practitioner Lynn Cole juggles many roles
A doctor of nursing practice degree is a capstone to a career of helping kids with special needs get better access and care.
Mt. Hope Family Center’s programs for children facing trauma expand with new support
New grants recognize the center’s success in addressing complex challenges among vulnerable children and their families.
Expert team creates training manual to help providers recognize fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
University of Rochester experts have helped develop a handbook for health care providers to recognize and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
First mobile app for caregivers of children with FASD reaches trial stage
After two-and-a-half years of development and testing, the first promising results are in for an app designed to help caregivers of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD
A Rochester study is the first to describe caregiver strategies for self-care and the obstacles and barriers parents face in raising children struggling with developmental, cognitive, and behavioral problems associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Alcohol during pregnancy—September is FASD awareness month
A research team at the University of Rochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center has been working for years to find ways to improve the lives of people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and their families.