Milestones aren't in place to shame parents into feeling like failures, or to suggest that some kids are behind. They are ...

Terms like "child development milestones" can cause anxiety in some parents. It's natural to compare your child's skills to the ones of children around their age, but doing so rarely yields good ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), with the Centers for ...

Background: A child developmental screeningcovers the four key areas of gross motor, finemotor/vision, hearing/ language and social skills. Medical students, GP's and paediatricians need adetailed ...

CLAIM: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly lowered the milestones for early childhood development in response to the pandemic. THE FACTS: Experts relied on research done prior to ...

A group of doctors and experts developed a new app called AGAP.AI, which can be used for early detection of developmental ...

Dr. Paul Lipkin specializes in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, where he directs medical outpatient services.

When you have a baby, each pediatrician appointment is filled with endless questionnaires to determine their developmental milestones. Can they smile, are they sitting up, do they point at things? I ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention effort to help identify children with autism and developmental disabilities early so that they can access appropriate supports and services is getting its ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - For the first time since 2004, the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics is updating its developmental milestones for young children. “I think probably the most important ...