Early childhood assessments help identify developmental strengths and challenges, but not all tools work equally well across cultures and contexts. A new review compared 33 screening and assessment ...

Preschool assessments, when done thoughtfully, can bridge the gap between observation and action, helping educators tailor learning to each child’s needs. From documenting subtle moments of play to ...

NEW YORK—The calls, reporting suspicions of child abuse and neglect, come in at a rate of nearly 10,000 a day, to hotlines and law-enforcement offices across the country. They add up to 3.4 million ...

Two standardized rating scales appeared to be valid and reliable for use at admission and possibly follow-up in a child psychiatry system of care. Objective: To report on the first year of a program ...

The ADHD diagnostic process depends on accurate history taking from multiple sources, coupled with a comprehensive physical examination. Below we review the three primary methods of gathering this ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – After an 11-year-old Grand Rapids area girl was molested by her best friend’s father, she kept it a secret for nearly a year. Her silence took a terrible toll. The girl’s mother saw ...

HSE officials have rebutted claims from public representatives that a new system for assessing a child’s needs is simply a “box-ticking exercise”. The HSE’s head of operations, Dr Cathal Morgan, said ...

New York State assessments are underway for students in grades 3 through 8 across the state but plenty of parents continue to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - A new program for families in Linn and surrounding counties will help children who have been exposed to drugs in the home by providing medical and developmental exams to prevent and ...

The epidemic of overweight and obesity in youth is increasing the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among children and adolescents. The younger the child is at presentation and the more ...

NEW YORK – The calls, reporting suspicions of child abuse and neglect, come in at a rate of nearly 10,000 a day, to hotlines and law-enforcement offices across the country. They add up to 3.4 million ...