UC Davis MIND Institute

It's Family Time at the MIND! Today, our child life team members share a book by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Watch in English or Spanish! English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_kHJbZoZhg Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLdWsNGnYBQ... Nuestro programa de la Vida Infantil quiere compartir una historia llamada "Solo Pregunta" escrito por Sonia Sotomayor como parte de nuestro tiempo virtual de familia en el Mind. See more

Great news! The MIND Institute's LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders) Training Program has been funded for another five years, thanks to a Health Resources and Services Administration grant. The program trains 12 long-term trainees, 20 medium/advanced trainees and several hundred short term trainees annually. Participants train in leadership, interdisciplinary clinical services, policy/advocacy and research and come from a variety of disci...plines, including family members, self-advocates, psychiatry, psychology, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, nursing, education, genetics and more. Check out some of this year's presentations by LEND trainees! https://www.youtube.com/playlist

The MIND Institute's Kathy Angkustsiri and Khalima Bolden took part in this fantastic panel discussion about mental health and 22q with The 22q Family Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWcRhr63P6w

This is a really interesting personal story about one woman's #ADHD journey: "There are many women like me: lost girls, so we’ve been called. Chaotic and curious, sometimes we feel like superheroes; other times, super-failures. It’s not always a lack of interest that makes it hard for us to process information, but our brain’s desire to absorb so much of it. We are jacks of many trades, purveyors of information, collectors of hobbies, beginners of tasks and finishers of few. And we all have similar stories of missed red flags that haunt us." http://ow.ly/Yg2Z50FaYZu

We had so many great questions from viewers during this Facebook Live about ADHD! Did you catch it? The MIND Institute's Meghan Miller, an expert in the early detection of #ADHD, shared tips and the latest research. https://youtu.be/9_ri2cO9Bzo

Our featured study is the TEDI Study (Telehealth Evaluation of Development for Infants). The goal of the TEDI study is to develop a way to assess infants’ development over telehealth, so that families do not always need to travel to a clinic to get a developmental evaluation. We will follow babies over time to see how they develop and get ongoing feedback from families about their experience. https://studypages.com/s/tedi-telehealth-evaluation-of-de/

Thanks for a great Fall Festival and drive-through trunk-or-treat! We had about 100 families attend, along with dozens of volunteers. Thanks to the NorCal Challengers for bringing their wonderful cars with festive decorations. We were thrilled to be able to offer a safe alternative to traditional trick-or-treating during the pandemic. Happy Halloween!

When parents receive their kid’s #autism diagnosis, they typically ask: what kind of #treatment should I seek and for how many hours per week? said Sally J. Rogers, professor emeritus of #psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the UC Davis MIND Institute. Rogers and her team found that the two most prominent early #intervention models show very similar impacts on toddlers with autism, whether delivered at 15-hours or 25-hours per week intensities. Read more about their study: https://ucdavis.health/3j9n8J2

Congratulations to the MIND Institute's David Hessl for his #NIH grant to extend the project A Cognitive Test Battery for Intellectual Disabilities for another five years! His work will advance the development of a cognitive test battery for use as a set of outcome measures for clinical trials involving intellectual and developmental disabilities.

#Halloween is this Saturday! Have you made plans for a safe celebration? UC Davis Health experts offer some fun alternatives to trick-or-treating: https://ucdavis.health/2RPkk8D

A recent study led by MIND Institute researchers has found that cord blood DNA samples in newborns might hold the key to an early #autism diagnosis. These findings will help provide key insights for early #diagnosis and #intervention: https://health.ucdavis.edu//cord-blood-dna-can-hol/2020/10

It's #adhdawarenessmonth. How much do you know about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, the most prevalent childhood behavioral disorder? MIND Institute researchers study #ADHD to better understand its cause and to help find new therapies and treatments. https://health.ucdavis.edu//res/about-adhd/about-adhd.html

MIND Institute director Leonard Abbeduto discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people with disabilities on KVMR’s talk show Disability Rap. It’s a great Sunday listen: http://ow.ly/y0g150BZlDX

Adolescents with #autism often don’t get the guidance they need as they transition from pediatric to adult healthcare, according to a new study featured in Spectrum: http://ow.ly/wA5T50BZm6F

RSVP by TODAY (Fri) for the MIND Institute Fall Festival! Don't miss this free, public event featuring a drive-through trunk-or-treat and fun decorations. Friday, Oct. 30, 5:30-8 p.m. in the MIND Institute parking lot. Costumes welcome! Please RSVP here: https://ctscassist.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ctscassist/surveys/

Joining us LIVE today are two UC Davis MIND Institute public health experts who’ve been studying how fires affect people -- including pregnant moms and infants. Irva Hertz-Picciotto is director of the NIH-funded UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center and Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis School of Medicine cine. Following the 2017 fires in Napa and Sonoma she established the Wildfires and Health: Assessing the Toll in NorthWest California ...(WHAT-NOW) survey to look at the effects of wildfire on people’s mental and physical health. Rebecca Schmidt is an epidemiologist and associate professor in the UC Davis Public Health Sciences Education Programs . She is leading the B-SAFE survey on how wildfires are affecting pregnant women, new mothers, and their babies. See more

Where will the next pandemic come from? As more people move into wild habitats around the world, they can come in contact with viruses that circulate in wild animals, such as Ebola or coronaviruses. These new viruses could bring new pandemics.

COVID-19 has been difficult for many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities because they often depend on others for assistance in their daily lives. The MIND Institute is working to provide resources and support. http://ow.ly/cKAd50BZlzU