May 7th 2024
Investigators aimed to assess effectiveness of early and continuous enrichment intervention on motor, cognitive, and functional skills in infants with CP.
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Paternal depression associated with adverse childhood experiences in children
October 21st 2023In this Q&A, Kristine H. Schmitz, MD, explains her team's recent research on paternal depression and adverse childhood experiences during the 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.
Exome sequencing should be used for diagnosing cerebral palsy
October 13th 2023A systematic review and meta-analysis found that such sequencing indeed has an equivalent high genetic diagnostic yield in cerebral palsy, which supports including this neurodevelopmental disorder among those for which diagnostic exome sequencing should be used.
Is ADHD associated with shorter-than-expected height?
October 10th 2023To assess the role of familial factors, investigators analyzed data for a family-based group created from another Swedish national register that included 833,172 individuals without ADHD with different levels of relatedness to the individuals with ADHD and a group of matched controls.
Associations between prenatal metal mixture exposure and negative infant outcomes
September 19th 2023Francheska M. Merced-Nieves, PhD, Assistant professor, Departments of Pediatrics and the Institute for Exposomic Research of Environmental Medicine & Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, explains the associations prenatal exposure to a metal mixture and the potential negative effects for the infant.
Study: Children exposed to COVID-19 pandemic behind 4 months in development at age 5
August 18th 2023Children followed up with at 5 years of age that were exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic were 4.39 months behind in overall childhood development, whereas children followed up with at 3 years of age demonstrated positive associations.
USPSTF issues statement on speech, language disorder screenings for all children up to 5 years
July 26th 2023Due to a lack of evidence, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) did not make a recommendation for or against screening for speech and delay disorder in all children 5 years or younger by primary health care professionals.
Children with ASD respond well to a family-centered procedural sedation protocol
June 20th 2023A family-centered procedural sedation protocol for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or developmental delay (DD) allowed 93% of patients to be free of restraints during routine health care procedures.
Early risk factors associated with behavioral dysregulation trajectories
June 2nd 2023Risk detection practices and targeted interventions promoting adaptive developmental trajectories for at-risk children can be successful by identifying the earliest antecedents of persisting emotional and behavioral dysregulation.
Theoretical input on eating behaviors could transform data into clinical guidance
April 11th 2023A recent study combined the efforts of child psychology and nutrition experts at Johns Hopkins University and several Australian research centers to investigate how much we really know about why children eat the way they do, and what impact food behaviors have on their overall development.