The new Journal of Developmental Processes (JDP) focuses on the complex and dynamic biological, social, and cultural aspects of developmental systems in humans and other animals.

Jointly sponsored by ICDL, The Council on Human Development (www.councilhd.ca) and the Milton and Ethel Harris Research Initiative (www.mehri.ca), it expands on and replaces the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders. It includes all the disciplines that contribute to our understanding of human development, the factors that influence it, the mechanisms through which they work, and the enormous variations observed throughout the course of life.

The JDP embraces clinical studies and case descriptions in keeping with the traditions established by its predecessor, the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders. It also, however, focuses on a broad range of studies and narratives that are necessary for a full understanding of developmental processes.

“Scientists, clinicians, educators, and others who study aspects of development may now embrace an array of exciting options. We can seek to discover, for example, precisely how mammalian/primate/human nurturing interactions that surround the genes affect developmental outcomes; how emotions are created by, and in turn help create, the processes of the brain; and how the social, cultural, and indeed global interdependencies that make up our world affect all living creatures in it.” -Excerpt from Issue 1 Editorial