The programs are an outgrowth of the awareness of the importance of the first 3 years in a child’s intellectual, emotional ...

Mistakes are an inescapable part of life. This is especially true during childhood—where kids make most use of trial and error to learn the ways of life. Almost ...

Each semester, practicum students are paired up with focus children from the lab to observe. Feedback is shared with parents.

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

developmental assessments, therapy, ongoing care, and case management. Children we assess may have a developmental need or concern. They may also have characteristics of: Autism spectrum disorder, ...

In an effort to find a more engaging way to present child development to new psychology students, I decided to use a book about a little orphan boy who later discovers he is a wizard. As the course ...

What nurtures a child’s holistic development? How can we address the cognitive overload and parent-child disconnect of the ...

Some of the most popular curricula for preschools are those that take a “whole child” approach to learning—wrapping social-emotional learning, executive function skills, self-regulation goals, and ...