DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

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Every child is different, and so is every parent's experience. Yet, experts have clear indicators regarding the range of typical development from birth to 5 years.

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A developmental assessment will establish an infant or toddler's baseline skill-set in the areas of cognition, language, fine-motor, gross-motor, social-emotional, and adaptive skills.

 

Establishing a child's baseline facilitates the therapist and the family to optimise the child's learning environment, and guides them in setting appropriate and specific goals for therapy.

 

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Some signs that a baby or child might have a developmental delay and could benefit from an Occupational Therapy assessment:

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• not meeting early motor milestones within typical age range

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• fussy or reactive to feeding and/or sensations

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• other feeding or mealtime difficulties

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• avoidant of or scared of typical play

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• bumping in to things or falling more than peers

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• sleeping difficulties

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• toileting difficulties