North Carolina State University professor Toby L. Parcel discusses how school and family life affects child development during the 17th annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley lecture. (BYU College of Family, ...

Inaugurated in 2017, the annual Kessler-Freedheim lecture honors Dr. Jane Kessler, Professor Emerita of Psychology and former director of the Mental Development Center, and Dr. Donald Freedheim, ...

Panelists speak at the 18th annual Susan B. Messier Lecture in Child Health Policy at the Rackham Graduate School Auditorium Thursday afternoon. Jonah Feldman/DAILY. Buy this photo. The University ...

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, ...

For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often tempting to base our thinking on a child’s development around what we understand as “normal”. Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing a ...

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...