Telehealth programs for parents can improve the behavioral problems of children with developmental delay, according to new research. Psychology Professors Daniel M. Bagner and Jonathan Comer along ...

About 3% of the 2021 group had been diagnosed with autism, less than 2% had been diagnosed with an intellectual disability, and 6% had been diagnosed with a different developmental delay.

But research suggests that genetic factors are responsible for up to 40 percent of developmental disability cases, such as global developmental delay and intellectually disability, and that 40% to ...

Based on data on 7,097 children, the study found that as screen time increased, so did the likelihood of developmental delays, primarily in communication and problem-solving skills.

“The earlier a child is identified with a developmental delay the better, as treatment as well as learning interventions can begin,” said Dr. Paul H. Lipkin, a member of the AAP Section on ...

Preschool-age children identified as having a developmental delay will no longer need to be re-evaluated prior to starting kindergarten unless the three-year timeline requires a re-evaluation.

Children with autism typically experience developmental delays, but not every child with a developmental delay has autism. Other factors, such as problems with hearing or vision, can also cause or ...

Among the key issues identified was that 20% of Australian children experience learning difficulties, developmental concerns, developmental delay or are found to have disability. Bonyhady said ...

What results from this developmental delay is what I call a ‘compressed adolescence,' when the stages of growth unfold in unusually quick, overlapping succession as the young person appears to ...