A developmental screening tool may identify young children with SCD who are at risk for academic difficulties, a study found.

Screening is a public health service intended to detect specific medical conditions, even in people who believe they are well or who do not perceive that they are at risk for or are affected by a ...

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 ...

Credit: getty Images Allison Paugh, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP), explains the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan for autism from early childhood to adulthood. The ...

HOPEWELL COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Hopewell schools will be offering free child screenings Saturday, March 12 for kids up to five years old. The screenings will review the development, gross motor, speech ...

Can't remember the last time you went for a medical screening? There's no better date than April 7—World Health Day, marking the founding of the World Health Organization in 1948—to get one organized.

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, ...