Beat Your Child’s Developmental Delay With Advanced Treatment Options

Are you afraid that your child will not be able to join the normal school as they suffer from communication and social-emotional delays in development? 

These delays can be overcome. But understanding why they happen will help you overcome them. 

So, what is a developmental delay? Delays in achieving physical milestones like crawling, walking, talking or the slow process of emotional expression of your child can be termed as developmental delay. But now with the right care and advanced treatment options, it’s possible to see your child as equally competent as his/her peers,

They can attend regular school and start their studies with success and they can live a completely independent life. 

Without wasting any more time, let’s know about how developmental delay can affect your child.

Key Takeaways

• Understand what is a developmental delay and how it affects a child’s life
• Learning about the causes of developmental delays is important to take preventive measures
• The types of developmental delays will give a clearer picture of how to treat them. 
• Get insights on speech and language delays, motor skill delays, social and emotional Delays
• How to ease your child’s learning journey by overcoming developmental delays. 
• Learning about the advanced treatment options for developmental delays can help your child overcome them and lead an independent life like their peers.

What is a Developmental Delay? 

Developmental delay is generally described as a situation where your child fails to achieve developmental milestones defined for their age, unlike their peers. 

The only way to ensure they achieve this developmental milestone or even level up with other kids of their age is by taking early intervention.

Developmental milestones are the skills acquired by a child as they grow up. These include, for example, first-time smiling, waving hands, or saying bye-bye.

 Delays in learning the actions can happen due to defects in motor function, speech, cognitive abilities, and social skills. There can be many causes of developmental delays. Let’s learn about them in detail.

Causes of Developmental Delays 

Children start walking, speaking, or going to the bathroom at their own pace. Yet, sometimes, a child may have problems in achieving such milestones and they take more time than their peers. There are many reasons for such delays, including

• Lack of oxygen during the delivery of the baby
• Being born prematurely
• Health disorders such as Down syndrome or muscular dystrophy.
• Poor eyesight or hearing
• Malnutrition
• Drug-induced or Alcoholism during pregnancy 
• Physical abuse or neglect of the child 
• P/H of Delayed Milestone

What are the types of Developmental Delay? 

Developmental delays in infants and young children are usually categorized in many ways. They include problems with:

• Language or speech
• Movement – motor skills
• Social and emotional skills

Sometimes, in two or more of these areas, the output is significantly delayed or it is not accomplished at all. When that happens it is called “global developmental delay.” It is a condition that affects infants and preschoolers from age up to 5 with delays observed to have lasted for not less than 6 months.

Developmental delays are not the same as developmental disabilities, which are conditions such as cerebral palsy, hearing loss, as well as autism spectrum disorder which affect a person’s development throughout their life.

Speech and Language Delays

Of all the developmental delays, language and speech impairment are the most common. 

Speech relates to stating or mentioning something in words and that includes how words are spoken. Language is a wider channel through which information is given and or received.

Motor Skill Delays

Motor skill developmental delays might be categorized into two; gross motor skills such as crawling or walking, and fine motor skills such as using fingers to hold a spoon.

Premature children may not gain muscles as fast as other children of the same age.

Social and Emotional Delays

Some of the problems can include the child’s inability to communicate or have proper relations with other people, this is known as social and/or emotional developmental delays. More often than not, such issues can be seen before the child starts school.

How to teach a child with Developmental Delay?

It is always quite inspiring to watch children going about their discovery of the world. Many developments occur in a child in the initial years of their life. When your child has developmental delays, it’s as if time is against you and you are always trying to catch up.

However, even if your child is enrolled in early intervention and the child is learning skills, one may wonder what more can be done to assist the child. Fortunately, there are a few little things that you can do to support your child’s learning.

Playing with your child 

The following are some simple yet engaging tasks that children can do at home including playing with play-dough, slime, or putty which can be beneficial for the child’s fine motor skills. For instance, even simple activities that any child would engage in such as playing in the dirt or dancing will go a long way in developing the gross motor skills.

Other measures that can also be helpful include playing with other children at the local playground, sliding, swinging, climbing, and laughing with other children helping the child to build on various essential skills. In school especially on the playground children learn social values such as learning to follow directions, sharing, and being polite.

Making visual schedules for your child 

Children with developmental issues may also have a hard time processing what you are saying or even obeying commands like other children of their age do. That can be annoying for your child and, of course, for you as well.

Make visual schedules for your home. They can range from mere diagrams that explain how a certain activity is carried out. Or they can depict your daily schedule. Get and use picture charts on brushing teeth, washing hands, getting dressed, and other picture schedules that can be suitable for your child.

If you are giving the directions verbally, then ensure that the directions that you give are short and straightforward. And learn how to help the child understand and adhere to the rules.

Keeping in touch with your child’s therapist/caretaker 

If your child is in early intervention, make sure to contact the service coordinator from time to time. Also, continue to discuss with your healthcare giver or any other person who attends to your child for check-ups. That may be a general physician, a health center, or a hospital.

Advanced Treatment for Developmental Delay 

Stem cell therapy is a form of advanced treatment to treat different types of developmental delays. 

This is a new treatment which has been introduced for the Neurodevelopmental disorders. Stem cell therapy helps in the management of the aspects of concern in the kid in the first place. In cases of hyperactive children, it alters their hyperactivity and the child is seen to get docile. In cases where comprehension is difficult and there is difficulty in learning, improvement with stem cell therapy treatment can be seen by the repair and regeneration of cells. Additionally, their social interaction skills get boosted and they start understanding relationships and acquire the concept of self-identification.

MedicoExperts helps you offer your child a better future and overcome all developmental delays. 

We use autologous adult stem cells, and the cell therapy we provide is safe, effective, and noninvasive. 

Below is the reason for using adult autologous stem cells rather than umbilical cord cells:

• Autologous cells are harvested on the same day of the infusion
• The use of patients’ cells is less likely to have adverse effects,  hence the safety aspect is enhanced.

 Autologous stem cells can be more effectively used in intrathecal injections (intrathecal – inside the layers of tissues covering the spinal cord) as compared to umbilical cord cells.

Takeaway

Developmental delay can occur in your children during the early years of development. You have to remain careful during this time and monitor your child’s motor skills, speech-related skills, and emotional skills. 

If you find any anomaly, you need to contact Pediatrician for immediate support. We at MedicoExperts strive continuously to offer better health to your child and give them a self-reliant future. 

In case of serious developmental delay, we have a specialized and advanced treatment regime, that can help your child level up with the other children of their age.

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Medically Reviewed By MedicoExperts Editorial & Clinical Review Board on 22 August 2024