Hand-held screens might delay a child’s ability to form words, based on new research being presented this week at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San Francisco. This preliminary ...

One of the most pressing and perplexing questions parents have to answer is what to do about screen time for little ones. Even scientists and doctors are stumped. That’s because no one knows how ...

Toddlers who don't talk much may not necessarily have a language delay, new research finds. Shy kids understand words, but when spoken to, they may clam up instead of speaking up. The study is a step ...

The toddler brain is a bustling place, with billions of cells zapping millions of signals to each other every day. To keep this flurry of activity straight, our brains are organized into two halves; ...

As an early intervention speech language pathologist, I work with very young children (ages 18 months - 5 years) with delays or differences in their communication development. There are three main ...