Children-Youth News

Children with autism need to be taught in smaller groups, pilot study confirms

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Since the 1970s, there has been much debate surrounding the fact that individuals with autism have difficulty in understanding speech in situations where there is background speech or noise. Today, at the annual meeting of...


Report calls for new initiative to improve math education for preschoolers

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: To ensure that all children enter elementary school with the foundation they need for success, a major national initiative is needed to improve early childhood mathematics education, says a new report from the National Research...


Overweight kids experience more loneliness, anxiety, MU study finds

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has...


Study Links Migraine Headaches to Reduced Academic Performance

From Ascribe Newsfeed: Suffering from migraine headaches as an adolescent leads to lower high school grades and decreases in the likelihood of graduating high school and the likelihood of attending college, according to Daniel Rees, economics professor at University of...


New Report on Ending Childhood Hunger

From Food Research and Action Center: The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) just released a new report setting out seven strategies it deems essential for the nation to meet President Obama's goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015. The...


ADA releases updated position paper on vegetarian diets

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on vegetarian diets that concludes such diets, if well-planned, are healthful and nutritious for adults, infants, children and adolescents and can help prevent and treat...