Resources

• Addressing Aggression in Early Childhood (Nemours Foundation)
• Ages 8 to 12 Months: Separation Anxiety (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Aggressive Behavior (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Anger (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Baby's First Month: Appearance and Growth (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Better Communication Needed to Reduce Infants 'Lost to Follow-Up' (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Brain Development: Frequently Asked Questions (Zero to Three)
• BrainWonders (Zero to Three)
• Building Preschool and School Skills and Getting Ready for Kindergarten (Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
• Child Becomes a Reader: Birth to Preschool (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - Links to PDF File - Large file
• Child Behavior: What Parents Can Do to Change Their Child's Behavior (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Cognitive Abilities Increase Significantly with Time in Most Prematurely Born Children (National Institutes of Health)
• Developmental Milestones (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Developmental Milestones by the End of 12 Months (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Developmental Milestones by the End of 2 Years (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Developmental Milestones by the End of 3 Years (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Developmental Milestones by the End of 4 Years (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Developmental Milestones by the End of 5 Years (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Discipline and Young Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Early Identification of Hearing Impairment in Infants and Young Children (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Fighting and Biting (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• Finding a Certified Pediatrician (American Board of Pediatrics)
• Friendships in Early and Middle Childhood (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Gender Identity: Age 3 to 4 Years (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Glossary (Zero to Three)
• Good Start, Grow Smart: The Bush Administration's Early Childhood Initiative (White House)
• Growth & Development (Nemours Foundation)
• Growth Charts (Nemours Foundation)
• Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child's Development (Zero to Three)
• How Does Your Child Hear and Talk? (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Infant and Toddler Development (National Institutes of Health)
• Infant and Toddler Development (Medline Plus)
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)
• Late-Talking Children Often Poorer Readers (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Learning to Read: An Age-by-Age Guide (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• List of Terms Frequently Used in Developmental Assessment (Zero to Three)
• Mothers' Leaving Welfare Had No Effect on Preschoolers; Slight Improvement Seen for Young Adolescents (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• New Lessons in How Brain Acquires Language (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Power of Play (Nemours Foundation)
• Preschoolers and Lying (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Second Year: Cognitive Development (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Second Year: Family Relationships (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Sleep and Your 3- to 5-Year-Old (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Sleep Issues: 2-3 Year Olds (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Social Development (Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
• Spanking during Infancy and Toddler Years Linked to Later Behavior Problems (Nemours Foundation)
• Speech and Language: Developmental Milestones (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Study Finds Significant Mental Deficits in Toddlers Exposed to Cocaine Before Birth (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Study Shows Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Greater for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children (National Institutes of Health)
• Temper Tantrums (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Test Your Baby's Hearing (Office of the Director)
• Thumb Sucking and Pacifiers (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Toddlers and Sexual Behavior (Virtual Hospital)
• Toilet Training and Bedwetting (Medline Plus)
• Transitional Objects (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Undersize Infants Score Higher on IQ Tests If Breast Fed Exclusively (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Weaning to a Cup (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families (Zero to Three)