Global Developmental Delay
The term 'developmental delay' or 'global development delay' is used when a child takes longer to reach certain development milestones than other children their age. This might include learning to walk or talk, movement skills, learning new things, and interacting with others socially and emotionally. Someone with another condition, like Down’s syndrome or Cerebral palsy, may also have Global developmental delay.
Signs & Symptoms
Typical symptoms of GDD include: the child is late in sitting up, crawling, walking, Limited reasoning or conceptual abilities, Fine/gross motor difficulties, Poor social skills/judgment, Aggressive behavior as a coping skill, and Communication problems.
Diagnosis
Providers diagnose intellectual disabilities by assessing an individual’s cognitive and adaptive functioning. Although adaptive functioning can be evaluated from birth, many cognitive tests (also referred to as IQ tests) require that a child be at least six years old for testing. Some IQ tests can evaluate children younger than six, but long-term research shows that these scores do not accurately predict future learning prior to age six.
Treatment
We are focused on providing early assessment and diagnosis of developmental difficulties experienced by your child so that early intervention can be implemented. Whilst GDD cannot be cured, we encourage children with a GDD diagnosis to commence psychological, educational, and social intervention (as appropriate) in order to provide the best chance for improvement to their quality of life.
Conditions Treated
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
- Down’s Syndrome
- Dyslexia
- Cerebral Palsy
- Sensory Process Disorders
- Learning Disability
- Intellectual Disability
- Speech / Language Delay
- Neuro / Motor Developmental Delay
- Global Developmental Delay
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Knee & Foot Deformities
- Generalized Epilepsy / Seizures
- Genetic Syndromes
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
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