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Possible Warning Signs of Developmental Delay – Birth to 12 Months 17 Apr 2011 | 01:25 pm
There are standard guidelines for development for children from ages 3 months to 5 years. While these guidelines are not hard and fast rules, and childhood development happens on a continuum, knowing ...
What Does Autism in the Young Child Look Like? 17 Apr 2011 | 01:18 pm
Observation, not Medical Testing Because there is no medical test for autism, diagnosis is made based on observation of behavior. Although developmental screening and evaluation relies on tests, the ...
Autism Signs and Overall Development 17 Apr 2011 | 01:13 pm
Parents know their own children better than anyone else, but sometimes that expertise gets lost in the sea of information available at our fingertips. Developmental milestones, growth charts, informat...
Autism Treatment: Early Intervention is Critical 17 Apr 2011 | 01:03 pm
Autism is an incurable disorder, but that does not mean that it is not treatable. Just as parents would want to secure immediate services to help their child live with a food allergy or hearing loss, ...
What if the Pediatrician Tells Me That Some Children Just Develop More Slowly? 17 Apr 2011 | 12:54 pm
Children do develop at different rates. Any parent who has had even a casual conversation with other parents on the playground knows that some children develop different skills at different ages. Perh...
If you are a Parent, Talk to Your Pediatrician and Ask for a Developmental Evaluation 17 Apr 2011 | 12:50 pm
Somewhere in the mass of information parents receive from experts in child development, they may forget that they are the experts on their own child. Theories and information about child development, ...
What Will an Evaluation Tell Me? 17 Apr 2011 | 12:46 pm
After your child’s developmental evaluation has been completed, you should be given an idea of when to expect to receive the results. A member of the team who has evaluated your child should discuss t...
What is the Difference Between Developmental Screening and Developmental Evaluation? 17 Apr 2011 | 12:43 pm
Developmental screening usually takes place during routine pediatric visits. In addition to the usual physical assessment in which a child’s growth and vital signs are monitored, your pediatrician wil...
Autism Screening: Process and Tools 17 Apr 2011 | 12:35 pm
The goals of developmental screening and of autism screening are the same: to determine whether further evaluation, assessment, and testing is needed in order to make a diagnosis. Developmental screen...
What Happens When the Evaluation Confirms our Concerns? 17 Apr 2011 | 12:31 pm
By the time a developmental screening has led to an autism evaluation, you likely will have learned a great deal about autism spectrum disorders and will know that treatment is the next step. While it...
