Learn the Signs: Information for Early Childhood Educators [web resource]
From birth to 5 years, children should reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, act and move. As an early childhood educator, you are a valuable resource to parents. CDC’s “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” (LTSAE) has free research-based, Read more >>
Activities to Help Your Child Develop Executive Function Skills [downloadable]
Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Children aren’t born with these skills—they are born with the potential to develop them. Read more >>
Developmental Milestones Checklists for Infants and Young Children [downloadable]
Developmental milestones are behaviors and skills that most children demonstrate at a given age. It’s important to note that all children develop differently. Milestone checklists provide examples of typical development progress at that age. CDC’s Learn the Signs, Act Early Read more >>
Your Child — Parenting Guides and Resources [web resource]
Is your baby meeting the typical developmental milestones? Do you have questions about your preschooler’s behavior and development? What should you do if your child is being bullied or teased? What discipline strategies are most effective with teens? The Your Read more >>
Important Milestones: Your Child By Eighteen Months
How your child plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves offers important clues about your child’s development. Developmental milestones are things most children can do by a certain age. Check these milestones —published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—that Read more >>
Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning
This 5-minute video provides an overview of Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control” System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function, the joint working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum Read more >>
Healthy Speech & Language Development
Should you worry if your 2 and 1/2 year old isn’t talking? At this age, what’s typical is broadly defined. It’s important to keep track of your child’s milestones and seek professional guidance, if appropriate, to make sure delayed speech Read more >>
Understanding Your Teen: Three Development Tasks
This video explains the three developmental tasks your teens are facing: autonomy from parents, developing a social network, and developing an identity. (time 6:29) Read more >>
