Scientists have found evidence that children’s home environment and early stimulation affects the development of the brain.

“Childhood stimulation key to brain development, study finds”

Parents may find this week’s article to be interesting!  How do babies learn words as they age?

“Babies learn words differently as they age, research finds”

This week we have two different links for parents to visit and use as resources, as provided by one of our UCONN K.I.D.S. researchers.  Check them out!

1) The first link will lead parents to a Wall Street Journal column by a developmental psychologist, for parents who want to stay up to date on research and implications for their children.

http://www.alisongopnik.com/Alison_Gopnik_WSJcolumns.htm

2) The second link will lead parents to the twitter account of two developmental psychologists who regularly post informative parent-directed tweets on child psychology.  

https://twitter.com/KathyandRo1

 

This week’s article is for the dads of UCONN K.I.D.S.!

“How fathers boost toddlers’ language development”

Some of our UCONN K.I.D.S. researchers focus their research efforts on adolescents.  This week’s article is geared toward parents with adolescents, discussing social and emotional development.

“Social and emotional changes in adolescence”

This week we would like to share an article published in the Journal of Child Language by some of our very own UCONN K.I.D.S. researchers.  See what some of our researchers have been up to!

“The role of maternal input in the development of wh-question comprehension in autism and typical development.”

 

Link to this article online, through the Journal of Child Language

How can speech impact your infant?  Perhaps in more ways than you realize!  Check out the article, “Human Speech’s Surprising Influence on Young Infants.” Also explore links through the Science Daily website to other related, parent-geared articles that explore topics of interest to many of the UCONN K.I.D.S. researchers.

This article discusses the importance of social and emotional learning in children, offering helpful tips to parents and educators on how to foster this type of learning in children.

“Social and Emotional Learning: What is it? How can we use it to help our children?”

Happy New Year from UCONN K.I.D.S.!  Especially with the recent school break, your children may have had lots of time to play.  Here is an article on play and child development.

“Encouraging Play Encourages a Child’s Development”

 

 

This article stands out, as we have researchers in UCONN K.I.D.S. interested in speech and language, and other researchers looking at early cognitive development.  One of our researchers even uses sensors in a study to record the brain activity of infants.  Check out this fascinating NPR.com article on the brain activity of infants in response to speech!

“What’s Going On In There? How Babies’ Brains Practice Speech”