Steiner
About Dr. Naomi Steiner
Naomi Steiner, M.D. is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and clinical researcher at Tufts Medical Center / University where she is also an assistant professor in pediatrics. She is interested in how children develop awareness to cope with their emotions, behavior and learning.
Bilingual Interests
Dr. Steiner has a longstanding interest in bilingualism and multiculturalism, which is a topic that she enjoys teaching and discussing. After more than a decade of working closely with families around these issues she has written a book, with Susan Hayes, called 7 Steps to Raising a Bilingual Child. She is multilingual and is raising multilingual children.
Time with patients
She is co-director of an early developmental assessment clinic for children between zero and three years of age at the Center for Children with Special Needs, at the Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center. This clinic evaluates primarily children on the autism spectrum and with developmental delays. She also assesses and follows up children of all ages at her general developmental clinic. These children usually have complex presentations frequently with challenging co-morbidities such as an autism spectrum diagnosis, along with anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, and possible learning disabilities.
Clinical Research
Dr. Steiner researches computer-based attention training systems in children with ADHD; one type uses EEG biofeedback (also called neurofeedback) and others use specific computer tasks. This research has been presented at multiple national conferences where she has spoken.
Additionally, yoga training in schools to help children cope with stress is a special interest to Dr. Steiner. Yoga for Kids is a project that looks at yoga training for children with emotional and behavioral issues in a school setting. She is also part of an innovative group of researchers from Brigham and Women / Harvard University and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.
“A child who learns a language learns a culture”
-Dr Naomi Steiner
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