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About the Lab

 

We are a child development research program at Children’s Mercy and the University of Kansas Medical Center.

We study early language and social-emotional development, because they are vitally important for promoting positive long-term outcomes for children. Our goal is to develop practices that families can use to promote children’s language and social outcomes.

Leader

 

Dr. Brenda Salley is a Clinical Psychologist at Children’s Mercy and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center and University of Kansas City-Missouri. She is the director of the Baby Lab Children’s Mercy and KUMC.

Dr. Salley’s clinical expertise centers on the evaluation of very young children for developmental and social-emotional concerns, including autism spectrum disorder and infant/early childhood mental health concerns.