It can be surprising to learn that your child's limited motor skills can affect their speech and language. But as early language is connected to everyday activities like getting ready for the day, ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

Parents coercing children to speak only English, despite good intentions, can harm their language development, emotional ...

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects around two children in each class. It hinders their acquisition and use of language, even if they do not have other auditory, intellectual or neurological ...

Bilingual children from immigrant families are not two monolinguals in one. They develop each language at a slower pace because their learning is spread across two languages. A researcher shows strong ...

A study examines how parental speaking style influences language development in infants. Across cultures, adults often use "parentese," a speaking style characterized by exaggerated intonation, high ...

The child care field has a critical worker shortage, and, thanks to a grant, there will soon be training available in Spanish ...

CALD children in Australia face greater early school challenges, especially in communication and language skills.

Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports language processing if ...

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 ...