what is developmental delay?

Question

my son was diagnos with developmental delay dont really know very much about what this is

Answer 1

A developmental delay diagnosis means that he is going through his milestones slower than the average child on the bell curve. It could involve speaking, mobility, social, and more. It can entitle him to extra help from the school district in services such as early intervention if he is under the age of three years. Also, it can provide specialized instruction to help him reach his full potential. The school and early intervention services are free. I have included some resources that can help you.

Answer 2

A developmental delay is any delay in the normal progression of development. Is it an overall delay, or in one specific area? Some children have a general delay, where all areas of development are affected. Other children have a delay in only one developmental area (such as speech, large motor muscles, small motor muscles, self-help skills or emotionally). If it is a general delay, then all the above areas are affected, and your child is behind other children of his age in those skills. All a developmental delay means, is that your child is slower at developing skills than other children who are the same age as your child. They go off of several assessments to determine this- was your child was diagnosed by a therapist, doctor or other official who has the ability to diagnose a delay? If so, talk to them... they need to give you specific information on what exactly your child is delayed in, and give you contact information so that you can get early intervention services started for your child. The earlier you get your child help- the better and more progress they will make! You can look up information on rights for parents of children with disabilities on the web... just type in IDEA (the law that protects children with disabilities). Know your child's rights and push for what they need! You are your child's best advocate! Good luck! If you find out more specific information on your child's specific delays, you can email me for more information if you want.

Answer 3

Your son by law is to be placed in the LRE (least restrictive environment). Since he is not thriving in this smaller classroom I would have him placed back into the typical classroom and have them make accommodations there. At this point I definately would NOT have him tested. Its a can a worms that you don't need open. My son is autistic with developmental delays and despite being in the 50th% on his previous IQ test this last one was <1%. Obviously its wrong but now I am fighting the school to not have him classified under mental retardation (educable mental disability) and fighting not to be placed in the smaller class (self-contained). Should he have a learning disability it is unlikely that someone as untrained in neurological disorders will get an accurate reading for your son. If you are concerned go to a specialist for an indepent psycheducational evaluation. That way you can choose to share the information if you want to. Don't be to naive in thinking the school is trustworthy in all that they are telling you. Just be cautious. My son has no behaviors. They can make accommodations for your son in the regular ed. class. This year my son received preferential seating, a corrale around his desk, a picture schedule, earmuffs, a timer, pre-teaching material, a point card, sticker reinforcers, a break card, a core disc, highlighted paper, a weighted pencil, a slantboard, individual reading instruction, scribe for long writing assignments and so forth. Not all children can thrive in all environments. In my son's class they did move a few typical students to another class because they were falling behind being in a class where 25% is identified as delayed in something.

Answer 4

This basically means that certain things are not at the same level as his peers. If he was diagnosed with acedemic developmental delay that would mean that academically he was behaind the normal curve of learning for the other children his age. However if it simply was developmental delay it may mean that he could be shorter than average, or he is entering the different stages of physical development later than what is considered average. It usually isn't something to be overly concerned about, just something to keep in mind when it comes to school and what sot of acivities you want to inrole him in.

Answer 5

Like the concept that younger folks have five areas: Physical, Emotional, Social, Creative, Intellectual. You need to find out what area. You can imagine how many sub categorizes there are. It is difficult to answer your question without knowing age and grade your son happens to be. These are the the major benchmark used. it sounds like your talking about intellectual. Using this term very broadly since they did not say MR or LD. Sorry can't be more specific without more information. Generally will say there are norms for the 3R's based on age and grade level, and if you you fall one or two levels below expected level of performance then some places call you developmental delayed. Inquire on exactly they are talking about, because they are your best source of information.

Answer 6

It is a delay in the "normal" development of a child. we live in Michigan and through a program called "early on" we had my son assessed at 6mo old. From their findings we were able to get him into some programs through the special education department at our school district. We go twice a week and "play" with other delayed children, an Occupational therapist, a speech therapist, and a Physical therapist. we have really seen improvement in the last ten months. I would look into state programs in your area, check with your doctor and the public health department.

Answer 7

Developmental delay referes to delay in achieving the milestones of a child like... holding the head steady, crawling, kneeling walking...sitting etc.,

Answer 8

To add one piece- this is a generic catch-all term used to provide special services to young children. Physicians, hospitals, programs that serve young children and schools use the term although the program offerings may be slightly different. The law prevents using formal terms such as 'Learning Disabled' and 'Speech -language handicapped' for children under a certain age (it depends on your state- in mine we can use the term for children under 9 who are having difficulties in the area of social/emotional skills, speech and language, cognitive ability, adaptive behavior, and/or motor development). Generally once a child enters school age (kindergarten), we reassess to see if the child displays a more specific type of disability.

This term is also used for young children to receive social security benefits.

Answer 9

It simply means that he is developing behind the norm for his age. He is not reaching the milestones at the "normal" range of age. This may mean nothing at all, but I would check into it further. Ask to be referred to a specialist who may be able to pinpoint any disabilities. Definitely follow up but do not get too excited yet. Sometimes it is meaningful and sometimes it is just that child's "normal" development time-line.
Hope that this helps some and that you can understand what I am talking about.
good luck!

Answer 10

IT MEANS THAT HE IS DEVELOPING SLOWER THAN OTHER CHILDREN HIS AGE. I AM DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED AND I AM IN MY 40'S AND I WAS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES IN SCHOOL AND IT REALLY HELPED ME