Amy Esler is a psychologist in the Autism Spectrum and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Program at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital and an assistant professor in the Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience department of the University of Minnesota. She specializes in early risk markers, diagnosis, and treatment of children under age 3, and she currently is involved in multi-site research studies of autism genetics and patterns of onset and language development in diverse cultures. She has extensive experience in diagnostic assessment of individuals on the autism spectrum from infancy to adulthood. Through the Autism Spectrum and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Program, Amy provides intervention services, including a parent-child play and support group for newly diagnosed families, social skills groups for school-age children, and individualized behavior support consultation.