Center for the Study of Children at Risk
Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk
A center dedicated to the research, education, and clinical services on the biological and social factors that determine the developmental outcome of at-risk children.
Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk
A center dedicated to the research, education, and clinical services on the biological and social factors that determine the developmental outcome of at-risk children.
Mission
The Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk was established at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital in 2005. The mission of the Center is to stimulate outstanding interdisciplinary research, education and clinical services on the biological and social factors that determine the developmental outcome of at-risk children.
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Our objective is to nurture, promote and coordinate research, training, education, and clinical service in child development and developmental psychopathology.
The focus of our research at the Center is on the biological embedding of developmental processes in children at risk and how these processes are modified by environmental factors.
The NeoNatal Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS-II) examines the neurobehavioral organization, neurological reflexes, motor development - active and passive tone, and signs of stress and withdrawal of the at-risk and drug-exposed infant.