With Rebecca Shaffer
Managing Behavior is the second in our series of short videos — My Child is Home… Now What?? — from Rebecca Shaffer, PsyD, director of psychological services at the Cincinnati Fragile X Clinic.
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- My Child is Home… Now What?? Keeping a Routine
- My Child is Home… Now What?? Play Skills
Managing behaviors is challenging in the best of times. This is even more true when your child is home full time. After watching the video, please let us know if you have any questions by filling out the form below and Jayne Dixon Weber will try to answer as many as she can, it may even become the subject of a future video from Dr. Shaffer!
About
Rebecca Shaffer, PsyD, HSPP
Dr. Shaffer is the director of psychological services for Cincinnati Children’s Fragile X Treatment and Research Center. She performs evaluations necessary for clinical research and provides psychological assessment and behavioral treatment for individuals with Fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, and Angelman Syndrome.
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