Dr. Tager-Flusberg attended Boston University’s 2017 Commencement Weekend to support and congratulate two graduating master’s students. Danielle Vitorelo (left) and Ellen Wilkinson (right) both worked on the AppLES (Apps for Language Enhancement Study) this past year as part of their master’s program.
Three of CARE’s doctoral students and one Post-Doc presented posters of their research at the annual IMFAR conference, sponsored by the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR). IMFAR 2017 was in San Francisco, California this year. Top left: Doctoral student, Mihaela Barokova presents research from the AppLES (Apps for Language Enhancement Study) project. Top right: […]
A number of our faculty, staff, and students attended the annual IMFAR conference, sponsored by the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR). IMFAR 2017 was in San Francisco, California this year. They all discussed CARE’s ongoing work over dinner in San Francisco. There were numerous presentations and posters at the conference from CARE research. Among […]
CARE was happy to welcome some of the staff from the Boston Higashi School to our center yesterday. We were excited to host Anne Roberts, John Maina, Yumiko Mori, and Rebecca Golden. We’re looking forward to continuing to work closely with them and their students are so thankful for their help with this collaboration. If […]
CARE recently began a research program partnership with our colleagues at the Boston Higashi School in Randolph, MA. In their fall 2016 newsletter, the school featured a photo of one of our ACE Project Research Assistants, Brady. They also wrote about their plans for their research program. The school is planning on expanding this program […]
CARE was happy to be a part of the 2016 Walk Now for Autism Speaks again this year! Thank you to all of the families that have participated in our research and all of the families who signed up for more information. Check out our Current Research page here to learn more about the projects […]
Our Center Director, Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg, recently published an article on Serious Science. Serious Science is a non-profit, non-governmental project whose goal is to disseminate the newest scientific advances to readers from various backgrounds. Dr. Tager-Flusberg’s article details the historical journey of research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and explains the present understandings of theory of mind, comorbidity, and […]
Dr. Tager-Flusberg recently conducted a podcast with Autism, a publication of Sage Journals. This podcast discusses the knowledge we have gained about conducting research with minimally verbal children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as part of our Autism Center of Excellence project. You can listen to the podcast HERE. You can also read the recent publication on […]
Dr. Robert Joseph, Co-Principal Investigator of the Autism Center of Excellence Project here at CARE, recently spoke with Spectrum News about how extreme prematurity increases the risk of a child being diagnosed with ASD. Spectrum News is an informational website sponsored by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI). You can read Dr. Joseph’s interview HERE. […]
CARE and Dr. Tager-Flusberg are excited to announce their partnership with the Boston Higashi School for the Autism Center of Excellence projects. Some members of CARE recently attended the Staff In-Service meeting at the Boston Higashi School. Dr. Tager-Flusberg spoke at the meeting to discuss our ongoing research projects, the research CARE will be doing at the […]