Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

They fail to thrive. They have trouble gaining weight and with physical development. There is a tremendous amount of misgivings and misunderstandings—often due to ignorance. Limited knowledge about ...

The nation’s pediatricians are getting new guidelines for how to go about evaluating children who present with global developmental delay or intellectual disability. Doctors should use genetic testing ...

I offer both psychological evaluations and child behavioral therapy. I have been a licensed psychologist for 15 years, specializing in developmental and psychological evaluations for children ...

-- A milestone in pediatric medicine, general pediatricians are now expected to play a more active role in initiating genetic testing -- -- Earlier use of exome and genome testing delivers better ...