Part C early intervention serves ~2.8% of US children who are younger than 3 years old; however, there is evidence that substantial numbers of infants and toddlers with developmental delays receive no early intervention services.

Broad eligibility criteria can classify children who have no delays or minimal delays as candidates for Part C services. Despite this, no jurisdiction provides Part C services to all children who have substantial delays. (Read the full article)

Children with sickle cell anemia are at risk of central nervous system damage, including stroke. Even children without evidence of abnormality on neuroimaging are at risk of significant declines in neurocognitive function, starting at early ages.

This study adds the observation that poorer neurocognitive and behavioral function is associated with older age in infants and toddlers with sickle cell anemia, much earlier than previously expected. (Read the full article)

Early detection for children with autism leads to better outcomes; early screening is critical. The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) is a widely used instrument for early autism screening and is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

This large study provides empirical support for population screening for autism spectrum disorders and the use of the M-CHAT in primary care settings. This study provides updated results to facilitate use and scoring of the M-CHAT by clinical providers. (Read the full article)

Screening for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) using the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) improves early detection and long-term prognosis of ASD. Reducing the false-positive rate may increase implementation of screening for ASDs.

The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-up (M-CHAT-R/F), simplifies wording of the original M-CHAT. The current validation study indicates that the M-CHAT-R/F improves the ability to detect autism spectrum disorders in toddlers screened during well-child care visits. (Read the full article)

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of intensive clinician-implemented interventions have demonstrated significant improvements in outcomes of toddlers and preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. RCTs of parent-implemented interventions have demonstrated improvements in parent skills, but generally they have not demonstrated effects on children’s outcomes.

This RCT found significantly greater improvements with individual home coaching on child outcome measures of social communication, adaptive behavior, and developmental level. These findings support the efficacy of a parent-implemented intervention using little professional time, which increases potential community viability. (Read the full article)

US children consume excessive amounts of sodium and substantial amounts of added sugars. Early life exposures to salt and sugar can set taste preferences and health trajectories.

A substantial proportion of toddler meals and other commercial foods meant for children age ≥12 months are of potential concern because of their high sodium content or presence of ≥1 added sugar. (Read the full article)

Early language delay is common in toddlers and is associated with poor academic outcomes, reading difficulties, and persistent communication problems. Despite these long-term sequelae, few interventions for toddlers with early language delays yield positive expressive and receptive language results.

A 28-session program delivered over 3 months can enhance parent language facilitation strategies. Unusually, the small short-term benefits were mainly in receptive, rather than expressive, language and vocabulary. Extended follow-up could determine the costs versus benefits of this promising approach. (Read the full article)

A 10-year-old boy and his younger sister sparked a bizarre GTA-style car chase in the Siberian city of Tomsk after the pair grabbed hold of the family vehicle and went for the ride of their lives, which police won’t soon forget.
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Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study of children under the age of two has found that parents who take a more flexible approach to their child's learning can - for children who were easy babies - minimize behavioral problems during toddlerhood.

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A one-year-old girl with chronic lung disease and a heart defect has become one of the UK's youngest coronavirus survivors.

Two young children have been stabbed to death at a property in east London.

A mother ran into the street screaming "help me…it's my children" after a baby and a toddler suffered fatal knife wounds at the family home, neighbours said today.

Two young children who were stabbed to death in an attack at their home in east London have been named by police.

Two young children had their throats cut during an attack by their father at the family home in east London, an inquest has heard.

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Joshua Moses Morales, 36, of San Diego, was extradited to Mexico today, where he is wanted to stand trial for the alleged 2009 killing of a toddler in Tijuana, Baja California.

Earlier today, William S. Gazafi, age 44, of Lusby, Maryland, was sentenced to 120 years in prison, for six counts of sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography

Author Caroline Van Hemert talks about the importance of exposing kids to challenging situations and the rewards that come of it.

These new sweetened beverages are flying off store shelves, much to doctors' chagrin – and to children's detriment.

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A street performing monkey in Indonesia was caught on video trying to drag a toddler away. The toddler didn't suffer any physical injuries. If there's one lesson at least from this encounter it's that monkeys are stronger than you'd expect.

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A childhood snapshot of actress Janhvi Kapoor posted by her mother, the late superstar Sridevi a few years back, has been trending all of Thursday.

In the picture that Sridevi posted on Twitter back in 2016, Janhvi is a bald toddler. She looks too cute for words sporting a red bindi and a gold chain that runs till way below her tummy!

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Little Janhvi, clad in a white lehenga-choli ensemble, seems to be in a happy mood in the frame.

"Missing you Janu. Happy Birthday! #JanhviBirthday," went mom Sridevi's emotional post with the picture, on her verified account, @SrideviBKapoor, posted on March 6, 2016. Her words seem to suggest that the doting mother was away from the daughter on that particular birthday when this photo of Janhvi was posted.

While Janhvi fans are amused to bits seeing the picture, Sridevi fans will surely find it special considering the late iconic actress posted it.

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A toddler, who was playing marbles with a friend on Sunday evening and who had put his hand into a hole that a marble had slipped into, died some hours later when doctors discovered he had been bitten by a snake.

Although he was bleeding from the hand when he went home, it was only when he started vomiting some six hours later that his parents rushed him to a hospital, where he died later. They were shocked to hear that he had been bitten by a snake.

The police have identified the child as Krishna Naik-Rathod, 4. The Pimpri police station has registered the case of accidental death and are probing the case. Senior inspector Ranganathan Under of Pimpri police station said, "Krishna was playing marbles with his friend on Sunday evening near an under-construction area.

As a marble fell into one of the many holes in the ground there, he put his hand in, attempting to bring it out. He suddenly felt something was not right and when he pulled out his hand, it was bleeding from a small wound. He came running to his parents. However, as the parents did not know exactly how he had sustained the wound, they applied some medicine and he rushed back out to play."

He added, "He started vomiting and was rushed to Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial hospital, where he was declared dead while undergoing treatment." Krishna's father Apurva said, "We cannot believe this has happened to us."

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George Clooney, 58, who is set to star in Catch-22, revealed how he and his wife Amal, 41, have made changes to their careers in order to be responsible towards their twins.

Adorable footage shows a toddler bouncing wildly to Billie Eilish's, 17, performance at this year's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset. Both dance in perfect unison as the tot cheers at the television.

David George's father found him unconscious in his bedroom in Glasgow after David left play-time with his brother and sister to watch Transformers. The toddler died of SUDC after falling asleep.

The 16-month-old girl was rushed to hospital and treated for second degree burns to her left hand and arm.

This is the charming moment a child stops crying when his father hands him a bank note in Melaka, Malaysia. However, when the note is retrieved from the baby, he resumes bawling.

Projex Santana, a singer from Maryland, shared the video, which shows his adorable son greeting him each time he collects the tot from preschool, to Twitter on Sunday.

Widower Antoine Leiris has gently tried to explain to toddler Melvil that his mother Hélène Muyal will not be coming home again nearly a year after she was murdered up in the Paris terror attacks.

An X-ray taken at the Monash Children's Hospital shows the magnets lodged in her stomach, revealing the extent of the medical emergency which faced doctors.

Justin Bieber showed off his cute side when he copied toddlers' dance moves and performed cartwheels with James Corden for The Late Late Show on Wednesday. 

Social media users could not believe it when this video of a monkey 'trying to kidnap' a toddler, thought to be in Tanjungsari Village in Indonesia, went viral.

Leo Hamilton, two, was sitting on the floor next to his father's 6-year-old dog, Biggy, at his grandmother Port Levy home, southeast of Christchurch, when he was mauled 'out of the blue' around 8pm Tuesday.

The little boy in Nigeria threw the sulk due to his toy Winnie the Pooh not staying on the back of his tricycle but when his auntie makes fun of him he quickly regains self-control.

The 20-month-old girl was admitted to the Children's Hospital at Westmead, in western Sydney after a three month trip to Pakistan.

Richard Holt and Lara Wilcocks, from Merseyside, have been at their son Cillian's bedside for 21 days following a family holiday at the Jaz Bluemarine Resort in Hurghada, Egypt.

The Girls Aloud star, 38, took to Instagram to share a glimpse of the rarely-seen tot during a magical day out at Lapland UK on Friday together.

A video appears to show the model, from Wirral, whose real name is Sallie Przybeck, thrusting scissors in the direction of her former partner Gerard Williams while a toddler looks on.

Toddler Kiki Wolhuter, from Zimbabwe, was filmed running alongside the hyenas and holding out sticks for them to chew with her father Kim, a wildlife film maker who is an expert on the animals.