CHICAGO -- Did you know babies can get depressed? Andria Goss, associate vice president of clinical and community services at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school for social work, early childhood ...

Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...

Infancy is a sensitive developmental period that presents opportunities and challenges for caregivers to feed their infants in ways that support healthy growth and development. A new integrative ...

A study of 1,585 pregnant women during the COVID-19 era reveals that prenatal risk as defined by a multitude of maternal ...

“Difficult,” “irritable,” “unsettled,” “fussy,” “a handful.” We know these babies (many of us had these babies). They cry louder and longer than others. They have feeding and/or sleeping problems ...

The benefits of object play (blocks, puzzles, cars, dolls and so on) for infant learning and development are well documented. However, nearly nothing is known about how natural play unfolds in the ...

It is that combination that affects development, even of young kids.” The goal of therapy is to strengthen attunement — a person’s ability to be aware of and respond to a child’s needs — to strengthen ...