As a parent, you want the best for your child. Whether it’s an infant having difficulty sleeping, a school-age child with autism, or a former “preemie” experiencing some developmental delays, you want to see them be happy and healthy and developing as best as they can. At Women & Infant's, we offer a variety of inpatient and outpatient services to help you and your family.
The Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk was established at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital in 2005. The mission of the Center is to stimulate outstanding interdisciplinary research, education, and clinical services on the biological and social factors that determine the developmental outcome of at-risk children.
Women & Infants Hospital Center for Children and Families
50 Holden Street
Providence, RI 02908
P: (401) 274-1122, ext. 48935
Hours
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
No Show Policy
We have a policy for missed appointments at all Women & Infants' physician practices. If you need to reschedule or cancel an appointment, please give us at least 24 hours notice.
Please be advised that this location is a provider-based clinic and both a physician and facility fee will be assessed, which may result in a higher out-of-pocket expense.
We work with families who are experiencing difficulties related to adjustment problems, anxiety, and depression connected with the birth of their preterm infant or chronic psychiatric conditions that affect the relationship with their infant.
Feel like your infant is having more than normal difficulties with crying, sleeping, and feeding? Women & Infants hosts the one-of-a-kind Infant Behavior, Cry, and Sleep Clinic.
The Center offers individual adult services to support women during the perinatal and postpartum periods through outpatient behavioral health services, as well as services during infancy around sleep and regulatory difficulties.
Cynthia Loncar, PhD is the director of clinical services at the Center for Children and Families and an associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and is a licensed psychologist with expertise in infant and early childhood mental health. Dr. Loncar provides neuropsychological assessments and child and family therapy for children aged zero to five.
Pamela C. High, MD directs the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) at Rhode Island Hospital/The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and serves as program director for fellowship and residency training in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Kristen C. Stone, PhD, is an assistant professor of Psychiatry at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She received her PhD. in clinical psychology with subspecialties in behavioral medicine and public health from the University of Memphis.
Jean Twomey, MSW, PhD, has extensive clinical experience in early childhood. She provides therapy to children and their families through the Behavior and Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Infant Behavior, Cry and Sleep clinics at Women & Infants Center for Children and Families.
Alexandrea Craft, PhD is an assistant professor of pediatrics and psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed a clinical psychology internship/residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Center for Children and Families where she provides evidence-based behavioral parent training, family therapy, and neuropsychological assessments for developmental delays and autism spectrum disorder in children aged zero to five.
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