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Program offers skills training for preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Program empowers parents of young children on autism spectrum to help their offspring thrive

Aamir Jamal with students from Pakistan

Profs’ initiative spreads warmth around the world

Community

Community partners with researchers on bold ideas for child health

book cover: They Came for the Children

British Columbia’s ban on ‘birth alerts:’ A guiding light on the road to reconciliation

Paul Brandt, keynote speaker at Be the Change

Listen more, speak less: Paul Brandt’s everyday advice on allyship

child mental health centre

All eyes on child mental health facility informed by UCalgary research

child on swing

Town hall sparks outpouring of ideas on ways to improve child health

Hand holding paper with cursive writing on it

Why cursive handwriting needs to make a school comeback

Fine motor play builds strength and endurance in muscle memory needed for literacy tasks like putting pencil to paper.

Summer play that enriches kids’ reading skills — 8 fine motor activities for little fingers

University of Calgary researchers studied extensive data on more than 2,000 biting incidents — information collected by the City of Calgary between 2012 and 2017. Colourbox photo

Anatomy of a dog bite: The when, where, and why of dogs that bite