What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

Claire Smith from Speech and Language UK lets us know all about echolalia, where children repeat things they hear, and when ...

When your child is unhappy because she or he can't connect with peers and make friends, don't wait; check out whether the cause is an inability to use nonverbal communication.

While kids naturally pick up the language around them, it is still a skill that needs to be learned. Parents and caregivers ...

Knowing when a child might need extra help with speech or language development can be a challenge for parents. According to Brenda Stevens, a speech language pathologist with Horizon ...

Fathers, as well as mothers, are being encouraged to read to their kids after new research has shown the impact dads can have for their child's language development.

"To support bilingual development fully, children's exposure to each language should come from highly proficient speakers," Hoff said.

We will need more studies to prove that conversation is the key to language development in the brain. But this neuroscience study confirms 2009 research from psychologists who weren’t conducting brain ...

Young children from low-income homes whose mothers reported frequent use of toxic chemicals such as household cleaners were more likely to show delays in language development by age 2, a new study ...

When we think of child abuse, physical violence or emotional cruelty often comes to mind first. However, the most common form of maltreatment is actually much quieter: neglect.