Purpose. The practitioner must assert what the intended purpose of the questionnaire will be. The purposes might include screening, quantifying, or diagnosing developmental delay, all of which will ...

Developmental monitoring is an active, ongoing process of watching a child grow and encouraging conversations between parents and providers about a child's skills and abilities. Developmental ...

Among toddlers, spending a lot of time staring at screens is linked with poorer performance on developmental screening tests later in childhood, according to a new study. Among toddlers, spending a ...

Babies born during the pandemic's first year -- even to moms who did not have COVID during pregnancy -- scored lower on a screening test of social and motor skills compared to pre-pandemic babies, ...

Although the American Academy of Pediatrics has published thorough guidelines and recommendations for screening for developmental disorders, many clinicians have not incorporated screening into ...

An autism diagnosis tool for toddlers proved highly accurate, creating the potential for autism to be diagnosed at a younger age, results from a community-based study suggest. The Social Attention and ...

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Dani Dumitriu about her latest research that investigated the development screening test scores for babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am Dani Dumitriu, MD, ...

In the not-too-distant future, psychiatrists might be able to diagnose neurodivergent disorders like ADHD and autism in as little as 15 minutes. Using only a high-definition motion sensor and an ...

Does the human brain have an Achilles heel that ultimately leads to autism? With a revolutionary novel system that combines brain organoid technology and intricate genetics, researchers can now ...

Mandatory testing of 45 genetic disorders is designed to lead to treatment before symptoms do damage.