Habitually practising different motor skills can help ensure young children have the key competencies and abilities to move ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is ...

Families with kids juggling full-time work may have been alarmed by media reporting this week, suggesting "too much" time in ...

Only about one-third of young U.S. children receive recommended screenings or surveillance designed to catch developmental delays, a new study from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of ...

Children born to teenage mothers have the highest risk of developmental vulnerabilities at age 5, largely due to social and economic disadvantage, a new study of almost 100,000 school children has ...

Carlos, a six-year-old Hispanic American diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is primarily non-verbal. At age two, he was removed from his home due to abuse and neglect. Carlos and his four ...

Children with developmental differences often need extra services to support their physical health and mental well-being. But researching and connecting with specialists and other service providers ...

Olga Fotakopoulou says her research found early exposure can shape children’s social development in both positive and negative ways ...

GODFREY Lewis and Clark Community College Child Development is now offering college course credit for work experience through ...