The 2025 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (Periodicity Schedule) has been approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Each child and family is unique; therefore, these recommendations are designed for the care of children who are receiving nurturing parenting, have no manifestations of any important health problems, and are growing and developing in a satisfactory fashion. Developmental, psychosocial, and chronic disease issues for children and adolescents may require more frequent counseling and treatment visits separate from preventive care visits. Additional visits also may become necessary if circumstances suggest concerns. The AAP continues to emphasize the great importance of continuity of care in comprehensive health supervision and the need to avoid fragmentation of care.1
To ensure that health care professionals have the most current recommendations, the Periodicity Schedule is not published in Pediatrics but is posted on the American Academy of Pediatrics website (www.aap.org/periodicityschedule). This webpage includes the most recent version of the Periodicity Schedule and the full set of footnotes. The Periodicity Schedule is reviewed and revised annually to reflect current evidence and recommendations. This review process did not identify sufficient evidence to support updates to the 2025 Periodicity Schedule. The approved 2025 Periodicity Schedule remains unchanged from the 2024 Periodicity Schedule.
Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, 2024–2025
Robin M. Warner, MD, FAAP, Chairperson
Carolyn Cleary, MD, FAAP
Mona Doss Roberts, MD, FAAP
Elizabeth Hawse, MD, FAAP
Cailly Howell-McLean, MD, FAAP
Lisa M. Kafer, MD, FAAP
Seth D. Kaplan, MD, FAAP – Section on Administration and Practice Management Liaison
Tomitra Latimer, MD, FAAP
Robert H. Wiskind, MD, FAAP
Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, 2023–2024
Jesse M. Hackell, MD, FAAP, Chairperson
Yvette M. Almendarez, MD, FAAP
Patricia E. Cantrell, MD, FAAP
Carolyn Cleary, MD, FAAP
Elizabeth Hawse, MD, FAAP
Lisa M. Kafer, MD, FAAP
Seth D. Kaplan, MD, FAAP – Section on Administration and Practice Management Liaison
Tomitra Latimer, MD, FAAP
Alisa Skatrud, MPA – Family Liaison
Robert H. Wiskind, MD, FAAP
Staff
Lauren Barone, MPH
Maureen Cooney, MPH
Mackenzie Magnus, MBA, MPH
Bailey Sone, PhD, CCC-SLP
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The guidance in this statement does not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard of medical care. Variations, taking into account individual circumstances, may be appropriate.
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