BRENTWOOD — When Jessica Buscho expressed concerns about her son’s development in social behaviors and interpersonal skills, no doctor validated her suspicions. But as Connor approached age 3, he ...

A new study finds that U.S. pediatricians have plenty of room for improvement when it comes to using a screening questionnaire to flag developmental delays in premature children. A new study finds ...

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against using a screening tool to identify developmental delay in children aged 1 to 4 years who have no apparent signs or parental ...

June 27, 2011 — The number of pediatricians who use at least 1 formal developmental screening tool has more than doubled in recent years, but the percentage is still less than half among physicians ...

Early detection of developmental delay and childhood disorders are important for early intervention. This study aimed to describe the distribution of responses in a large population-based survey, ...

The statistics on the prevalence of autism sometimes seem like a timer ticking down to zero. When I got into the field of disabilities 13 years ago, the suggested prevalence was 1 in 150 children.

If your child’s pediatrician hands you a questionnaire and says the results “raise some concerns,” what that really means is ...

Developmental screening tools like the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3) help pediatricians and parents understand a child’s growth beyond general milestone charts. These validated tools break ...