• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

(The Conversation) – Typically, about 1 in 6 children experience a developmental delay. But children born during the pandemic, a 2022 study has found, have nearly twice the risk of developmental ...

One of the joys of parenthood is watching your child reach milestones as they grow to become their own person: first laugh, first roll over, first steps. But one milestone parents really look forward ...

As a first-time mom, Stephanie Kaznica remembers wondering why her toddler wasn’t talking yet. She was babbling a bit but not saying complete words. Worried, she brought up the issue with her ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There were modest declines in developmental scores among children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

As a mother of a neurodiverse child, I know well the obstacles and delays that parents may face in seeking diagnoses and treatments for their children. The backlog in receiving a diagnosis and ...

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This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. My son Grayson was about two and a half years old when his preschool teacher called me. A child ...