Month: November 2023

Wisconsin educators take on the surge in early speech delays

“Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes,” said Rebecca Alper

DHS launches Wisconsin Wayfinder: Children’s Resource Network

Connecting Wisconsin families with special health care needs to essential support and resources The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today launched a new service that will transform the support structure for families of children with delays, disabilities, special health care needs, or mental health conditions. Wisconsin Wayfinder: Children’s Resource Network includes a user-friendly website …

The Children’s Resource Center – South helps families of children and youth with special health care needs navigate the health care system

The Children’s Resource Center-South, housed in the Waisman Center University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), is dedicated to supporting families with children and youth with special health care needs or disabilities and the providers who serve them.

Scientists produce human norepinephrine neurons from stem cells, with significant implications for researching diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Researchers a have identified a protein key to the development of a type of brain cell believed to play a role in disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and used the discovery to grow the neurons from stem cells for the first time.

Leann Smith DaWalt, PhD – Slide of the Week

This study describes change in autism symptoms, behavioral functioning, and health measured prospectively over 22 years.

Waisman investigator receives prestigious Cajal Club Krieg Cortical Explorer Award

André Sousa, PhD, Waisman Center investigator and assistant professor of neuroscience, didn’t even realize he had received the Cajal Club’s Krieg Cortical Explorer Award.