developmentally
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The researchers now want to investigate where the spinal cord comes from developmentally and determine more precisely how SMA and ALS disrupt hindbrain neurons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Reproductive goals counseling should be developmentally appropriate and designed to help adolescents reflect on their future aspirations related to relationships, childbearing, and family formation.”
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
She bought a special recipe book to make her own organic baby food and stocked the nursery with aesthetically pleasing, developmentally appropriate books and building blocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The school had described her as showing distinctive behaviours that made her stand out from peers developmentally.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children’s lives through play, games, creativity, and movement.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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