How Pathways.org Resources Are Developed to Educate and Empower
We strive to be a positive, reliable source of information on baby development that parents and caregivers can use to advocate for their children and professionals can use to support their education or practice. That’s why all Pathways.org materials—from our articles and videos to our courses and mobile app—go through a rigorous creation and approval process involving experts in pediatric healthcare:
First, we come up with our topics! We consider input from multiple sources, including the Pathways.org Medical Roundtable, pediatric therapists’ clinical experience, questions we get on social media, and trending news in the baby development world.
Then we create our content — Some resources, like our courses and games, are directly developed with pediatric experts. But all of our content begins with thorough research and is crafted with real parents in mind. Our milestones are from American Academy of Pediatrics materials.
After that, our content gets reviewed and validated by experts — Each resource goes through multiple rounds of review and revisions, with one of those rounds always involving feedback and approval from at least one of our 75 expert healthcare providers.
Revise, refresh, repeat! We never stop improving and updating our content, whether that’s due to updated milestones from the American Academy of Pediatrics, new research, feedback from our pediatric experts, or suggestions from you!
Who Reviews Pathways.org Content?
More than 75 healthcare providers review and approve all of the content Pathways.org provides. These include doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists. We also work in close collaboration with our Medical Roundtable, which is made up of leading physicians, therapists, clinicians, nurse practitioners, and advisors who are sensitive to the medical and emotional needs of infants, children, and their families.
We know when it comes to supporting Baby’s development, details and accuracy matter. That’s why…
“The Pathways.org website is a valuable resource for parents and providers. The website has been incredible at empowering parents as they learn about early development and early detection for a possible delay to help keep infants on track with their development. Pathways.org offers FREE downloadable educational materials that provide valuable information for parents through videos, brochures, social media, etc.”
— Director of Nursing Research
If you have any questions about how our resources are created, please email us at friends@pathways.org.