• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

A support specialist works with a student in an Arkansas elementary school. Classroom behavior managements requires adults to understand and empathize with a child’s perspective, according to a ...

Parents talk themselves out of concern all the time. Maybe she is just clingy lately. Maybe he is acting out because he is ...

Scores from a commonly used measure of behavior problems in young children may be skewed depending on the primary language, education, and sex of the caregiver who fills out the survey, as well as the ...

A six-year study that analyzed data from a 25-question screening tool found alarming evidence of unhealthy behavioral trajectories starting as early as age two among families affected by low income ...

I'm in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother's bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It's a chaotic—but functional—solution to the problem.

Facing challenges with your child's behavior? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, provides expert guidance on how to differentiate between normal childhood misbehavior and genuine behavioral concerns.

Educators are being asked to take on more or larger classes alongside the Herculean challenges of lost instructional time and a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. Credit: Jackie ...

If you've ever wondered whether your child's behavior might be related to ADHD or autism, you're not alone. These two ...

One unlikely behavior could indicate whether your adolescent child is more likely to behave badly, researchers have found. Tweens—aged around 9 and 10 years old—who snore often are more likely to have ...

Celeste Kidd receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, the Jacobs Foundation, and the Advanced Research and Invention Agency. I’m in a coffee shop when a ...