What is Developmental Delay? Developmental delay is diagnosed if a child does not achieve certain skills (or ?developmental milestones?) by a predicted age. Development delay generally affects a child's speech and language, fine and gross motor skills, and/or personal and social skills. Children born with a genetic or chromosomal abnormality (eg. Down's syndrome) can be genetically at risk of developmental delay. Children can also be at risk of developmental delay by being exposed to harmful agents before or after birth (eg. poor maternal nutrition, lead, drugs or infections passed from mother to baby during pregnancy). It is important to remember that there is a normal age range for reaching each developmental milestone. For example, one child may be able to walk at 11 months while another child may walk at 16 months. Both of these ages are within the normal milestone limits. Signs that your child may not be meeting physical milestones are: unable to bring his/her hands together at 4 months unable to roll over at 6 months unable to control his/her head when pulled to a sitting position at 6 months unable to sit independently (without support) at 8 months unable to crawl at 12 months unable to walk at 18 months Health visitors are often the professionals that would first notice delays in your child's development, during developmental checks. Ask your health visitor regarding developmental delay if you have concerns, or arrange a free telephone consultation with one of our specialist neurological physiotherapists. Developmental Delay What is Developmental Delay? Signs of Developmental Delay Physio treatment for Developmental Delay Why Manchester Neuro Physio To book an assessment or for more information please email office@manchesterneurophysio.co.uk call 0161 883 0066 . ← Previous Signs of developmental delay
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