Children with hearing loss who are diagnosed by 3 months of age and receive interventions by 6 months develop a far greater vocabulary than those whose diagnosis and treatment come later, according to ...

Better demographic data about young children with disabilities who seek and receive federally funded early intervention services, such as physical therapy, could help policymakers address barriers to ...

The national scale-up of a programme which aimed to reverse the pandemic’s damage to children’s speech and language skills, has a sustained positive impact on young school pupils, a new analysis finds ...

A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders suggests that the ability to comprehend complex ...

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Objectives This paper examines the differential impact of responsive parenting and nutrition interventions on early child ...

Nicole Weinstein looks at how the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) is being developed for nurseries and how this works in conjunction with schools NELI-N is built around the principles of ...

NEW YORK — In New York, 70,000 babies and toddlers rely on therapy to be able to walk and talk, but nearly a dozen families and therapists tell CBS News New York services to help these children have ...