The nation's pediatricians are getting new guidelines for how to go about evaluating children who present with global ...

“The earlier a child is identified with a developmental delay the better, as treatment as well as learning interventions can begin,” said Dr. Paul H. Lipkin, a member of the AAP Section on ...

The study followed 150 children with developmental delay and behavior problems from Early Steps — Florida’s early intervention system. Many of the participants were from traditionally underserved ...

This recommendation applies to children with no visible signs of developmental delay. Screening differs from developmental surveillance, in which a physician regularly monitors a child's ...

Screening young children for developmental delays, though they seem fine to their parents and pediatrician, does not reduce the chances that they will have learning difficulties and other problems ...

More than 10% of boys have been diagnosed with an intellectual disability, autism or another developmental delay. Latest U.S.

That speech delay might actually begin with hearing. Children learn language by listening to the world around them, so even mild hearing impairments can significantly impact speech development.

For children of divorce with developmental delays who may require intervention, co-parents' inability to agree on whether intervention is necessary exacerbates the delay in treatment as they find ...

To assess developmental delay among children, Obara and colleagues used the Ages & Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3). The ASQ-3 comprised six questions divided into five domains: ...

There are also a significant number of children with developmental delay who are not within the NDIS. Taken together, these groups make up about 20% of Australian children under five.