The Center for Children with Special Needs (CCSN) at Tufts Medical Center has earned national recognition for its research. The CCSN seeks to advance the prevention, identification, diagnosis and treatment of developmental-behavioral conditions in children. Our faculty have successfully obtained grant funding for many of the projects carried out within this division. Research findings have been nationally disseminated via professional conferences (e.g., The Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP), Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), International Neuropsychological Society (INS), etc.) and national journals.
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Ellen C. Perrin, MD is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician at Tufts Medical Center at Tufts Medical Center and Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. Her clinical and research interests include children’s understanding of illness concepts, the management of developmental and behavioral issues and chronic health problems in primary care, and children in nontraditional families. She and Dr. Chris Sheldrick developed the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children (SWYC) in response to the growing interest in comprehensive monitoring of children’s development in primary care and other settings.
Current Grants:
Grant Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Developmental-Behavioral Screening Instruments Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Amount:$3,318,039 Period: 2013-2017
Grant Title: The Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children Funding Agency: JPB Foundation Amount: $41,000 Period: 2015-2017
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Monica Ultmann, MD is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician and Director of the CCSN at Tufts Medical Center, Division Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Ultmann’s advocacy and research interest is in literacy emergence in children with developmental disabilities. Working collaboratively with the Reach Out and Read (ROR) National Center, she wrote a training manual for Pediatric Primary Care Providers in 2010, “Developmental Disabilities Literacy Promotion Guide for Pediatric Healthcare Providers,” which is currently being updated and will include a training module for ROR providers, and will be piloted in practices nationwide.
Current Grant:
Grant Title: Developmental Disabilities Literacy Promotion Guide and Curriculum for Pediatric Healthcare Providers Funding Agency: NCR and Karen Kames Period: 2017-2018 Community Partner: Reach Out and Read National Center
Previous Grant:
Grant Title: Developmental Disabilities Literacy Promotion Guide and Curriculum for Pediatric Healthcare Providers Funding Agency: CVS Caremark Foundation Period: 2011-2012 Community Partner: Reach Out and Read National Center
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