The connections a baby's brain forms during the first two years of life, coupled with a baby's genetic makeup, offer a window ...

Even the smartest machines can't match young minds at language learning. Researchers share new findings on how children stay ...

The first two years of a baby’s life are critical for brain development, and how the brain grows during that time may help ...

Cops doing improv? That's exactly what's happening at the University of Chicago Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy, ...

Beyond the physical, there is concern about the effects of screen time on functions like attention, language learning and emotional regulation. A review of 102 studies conducted in children under 3 ...

A study involving more than 1,000 twins suggests that the environment during very early life plays a more important role than ...

Prevalence of child labour. Since 2000, for nearly two decades, the world had been making steady progress in reducing child labour. But over the past few years, conflicts, crises and the COVID-19 ...

There is a continuing debate in developmental neuroscience about the importance of activity-dependent processes. The relatively delayed rate of development of the human brain, compared with that ...

From the first giggles to the first steps, every moment in the early years holds more power than we can see. Thanks to ...

All families in Canada should have access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early learning and child care no matter where they live. That is why we are building a Canada-wide Early ...

Each site conducts Child Find, which is the process of identifying children with disabilities. Screenings and evaluations are provided in order to identify children who are eligible for services.