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    Management of Developmental Disorders in Toddlers

    Developmental Disorders

    Management of Developmental Disorders in Toddlers

    Updated on 3 November 2023

    Developmental disorders are brain-based or physical conditions that may affect your child’s progress while they are developing and growing. Developmental disorders affect each child differently. One may experience mild impairment, whereas another may require constant assistance in performing everyday tasks. However, living with childhood developmental disorders doesn’t mean your child will have no quality of life. Children can continue to live happy and full lives even with developmental challenges.

    Development delays in children may impact different areas of their lives, such as:

    • Social skills

    • Cognitive skills

    • Mobility

    • Language skills

    • Biological functions

    • Emotional and physical independence

    What are the most common developmental disorders in toddlers?

    Here is a list of developmental disorders that may affect babies and toddlers during childhood.

    1. Learning disorders:

    Three different learning disorders can affect your child’s ability to process information. Learning disorders result in academic weak spots, but that doesn’t mean your child will not be intelligent. A child with a learning disorder may face problems distinguishing right from left or may reverse letters while reading. Some kids may also face challenges with writing skills and math. Common learning disorders include dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia.

    2. Autism Spectrum Disorder:

    This neurodevelopmental disorder affects your toddler’s communication, behaviour, social, and sensory skills. Some children may face learning difficulties, whereas many children with autism are gifted.

    3. Language Disorders:

    If your child is experiencing issues in communicating, it may be caused due to a language disorder. It can lead to symptoms such as stammering, stuttering, inability to express or understand words, delayed speech, and difficulty making sentences.

    4. ADHD:

    ADHD is often incorrectly diagnosed as a learning disorder. A child with ADHD exhibits symptoms such as hyperactivity, difficulty focusing, and challenges in the learning environment.

    5. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder:

    One of the most common causes of developmental disorders is when a pregnant mother consumes alcohol while carrying a child. Commonly called FASDs, the condition may lead to numerous side effects such as low fetal body weight, hearing and vision problems, non-typical facial features, executive functioning challenges, and cognitive difficulties.

    6. Intellectual disorders:

    A child diagnosed with a lower capacity for learning, applying skills, and reasoning is said to be living with an intellectual disorder. Low IQ can reflect in day-to-day tasks as well. A child may also have an intellectual disorder due to other developmental disorders like fetal alcohol syndrome.

    7. Physical Developmental Disorders:

    Developmental disorders may also present themselves as a physical challenge. Your child may require a wheelchair or have something less apparent, like a change in brain structure. Common physical developmental disorders include spina bifida, cerebral palsy, and muscular dystrophy.

    How is developmental disorder treated?

    Most childhood developmental disorders can be treated and managed efficiently for life. Medication, therapy, and daily assistance will depend on the particular disorder your child has and how it has impacted their daily functioning. If you believe your child is showing any signs of a developmental delay in children, get in touch with your healthcare professional. Early diagnosis and timely intervention are vital to making a difference and keeping your child on a continuous developmental trajectory.

    Baseline child developmental models and physical assessment will help you understand how your child’s progress compares to the other children in the same age group. However, whatever the case, management of developmental disorders for toddlers is always possible.

    You may also like: A New Parent's Guide to Baby Language Skills

    How to help a child with developmental delay?

    Each child with developmental delay has unique strengths. They may have a particular inclination towards doing artwork, in their motor skills, or their personality. It is important to focus on what they love to do and can do instead of focusing on things they cannot. In fact, we can help children use their abilities to assist in the areas in which they are weaker.

    Few kids with disabilities face problems in speaking and forming sentences. However, even without speaking, they can communicate with others. When a baby is born, they communicate without speaking. You can understand their likes and dislikes through gestures, smiles, or crying. Similarly, children who cannot speak properly can also communicate with non-verbal gestures such as smiling or making an upset face. Parents need to understand their child’s non-verbal cues to communicate with them effectively.

    Children get stimulated by their environment and everything around them. If your child is living with developmental disorder, you must spend some time talking to them, using simple language to make them understand what you are doing, smiling with them, and making noises around them so they can respond.

    Involve your child in daily activities, such as housework or moving around. You can also stimulate them by playing with them, making toys at home, putting stones in a bottle and using it as a rattle, or waving different coloured ribbons in front of them. Simple activities around the house will keep your child engaged and happy.

    References

    1. Vasudevan P, Suri M.(2017). A clinical approach to developmental delay and intellectual disability.

    2. Choo YY, Agarwal P, How CH, Yeleswarapu SP. (2019). Developmental delay: identification and management at primary care level.

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