Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Week 7
This week was my seventh and final week at the Bernier Lab. This week we wrapped up the SCN2A visits with a couple more families. During these visits I watched more testing, and I was also able to observe an ADOS (autism diagnostic observation schedule) toddler module. A modified version of the ADOS, the Toddler […]
Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Week 6
This week was my 6th week at the Bernier Lab, and it went by in a whirlwind. At the beginning of the week we were preparing for the conference visits to start on Wednesday. This involved getting final paper work together, setting up testing kits, and lots more. Once the conference started up, I observed […]
Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Week 5
Hello! This week marks my 5th week in Seattle! This week ended up being a combination of office work and observing testing. This week we had one TIGER family come in for testing. TIGER is a study looking at different genetic events linked with autism in order to find common phenotypes (what you can see). […]
Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Week 4
This week was my 4th week at the Bernier Lab at the Center on Development and Disability at the University of Washington. This week there was only two CONNECT-FX visits, so it was a pretty slow week in terms of seeing study participants. When the CONNECT-FX visits were not happening, I was working on data […]
Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Week 3
Hello! This was my third week at the Bernier Lab in Seattle. This week at work was one of the busiest weeks I have had since I started. My big tasks were working on data entry and different presentations. The different presentations were based on genetics events we have seen or are about to see. […]
Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Week 2
This week was my second week at the Bernier Lab. As we continued to wind down from the big DYRK1a conference, the clinicians started to review different tests they completed over the past weeks. This week we also had two more CONNECT-FX visits. During these visits they look at different criteria in order to determine […]
Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Week 1
Hello! This week was my first full week at the Bernier Lab at Center on Development and Disability at the University of Washington. Toward the beginning of week, as we finished up the DYRKA1a conference, I observed a Module 3 ADOS. Then for the rest of the week, I prepared and trained for a Clinical […]
Claire Shaver- Behavioral Science, Prologue
Hello, my name is Claire Shaver. I attend Telluride High School and this summer I have the privilege to intern at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) at the University of Washington in Seattle. I arrived in Seattle on Thursday and I was able to arrive at my host family’s house with no […]