Dr. Yvette Blanchard

Email: blanchard@mail.hartford.edu

Dr. Blanchard is a pediatric physical therapist with a clinical expertise in neonatal developmental care and early intervention with high-risk infants. She received her doctoral degree from Boston University in 1995 where she studied the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on neurobehavioral functioning in young infants. She is certified on the NBAS and CLNBAS and has joined The Brazelton Institute as a trainer for both scales. Dr. Blanchard is an associate professor of physical therapy at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. In addition to her faculty position, she is an Early Intervention Provider and Consultant for the East Hartford and the Capitol Region Education Council Birth to Three Programs in Connecticut.

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