Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when ...

Dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to decipher and spell written words, affects about 20 percent of the population. With recent awareness of dyslexia’s prevalence has come a push ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...

Despite the well-documented academic, cognitive, and social difficulties associated with persistent language disorders, predicting early-life language issues remains a significant challenge for ...

A new study reveals that passive video use among toddlers can negatively affect language development, but their caregiver's motivations for exposing them to digital media could also lessen the impact.

Are genetic factors underlying children's language development linked to later-life outcomes? In a genome-wide analysis, an international research team found genetic associations between children's ...

Too much screen time could be affecting your child's language development. The American Academy for Pediatrics advises children be kept away from screens until they are 18 months old and should only ...

(WBNG) - On Feb. 8, 2022, for the first time in 20 years, the CDC, in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics, updated its developmental milestones for kids. The “Learn the Signs. Act ...

As most parents of small children will reluctantly admit, nothing can occupy a child quite like television. Unfortunately, the scientific evidence suggests that using the boob tube as a babysitter has ...

Baby talk isn't just cute—it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from ...