KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Wearing a tutu and a messy ponytail, CJ RainingBird, 4, sprawls out on her carpeted living room floor, scribbling on a notebook. She looks up eagerly after completing each pen ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For the first time since 2004, the CDC has updated its developmental milestones for infant and toddler development with the goal of earlier intervention for children who need ...

When babies are born, their minds are still a work in progress, and their brains will rapidly grow and develop based on their experience. That means the first few years are critical for healthy brain ...

States and communities are working to align the myriad services that support all aspects of critical healthy infant and toddler development from birth to age 5. Decades of research on brain ...

Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and ...

Adequacy of dietary intake in the sensitive period of toddler development is a key determinant of health in a short- and long-term perspective. Therefore, studies focussing the nutrition of toddlers ...

Jennifer Mortensen, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science and Melissa Burnham, Professor and Department Chair of Human Development and Family Science, are two of the five authors ...

This certificate is designed for early childhood professionals like you. Coursework can be taken as a standalone certificate at the graduate or undergraduate level. Through this certificate, you will ...

Once a week, Linda Spainhour and her 3-year-old son, Tristan, meet other Lexington 2 mothers, grandmothers and children for a two-hour play group called JumpSTARt. Gayle Oree, grandmother to ...

A recent study says 70 percent of parents surveyed let kids play with iPads. April 1, 2013 — -- Liana Vilanova can't even sit up yet, but her father is already cheering his 2-month-old's digital ...