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Ask A Therapist: Child Development

 

Early Childhood Intervention

This website is a place for families who are facing challenges pertaining to their child's development and growth.

It is a place to find answers and practical suggestions. That's what Early Intervention Support is all about.

Whether a family has a child with a challenging behavior, a disability or developmental issue, childhood is short - it should be savored and enjoyed.

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We understand developmental milestones and the challenges of Special Needs children.  We spend a great deal of time with families understanding the inner workings of childhood routines and interactions.  Ask us about your child today!
 
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Child Development Concerns

 

Listed below are a few previous questions from our Ask The Therapist form relating to speech and language.  You may also want to review:

 

Motor Skills and Developmental Milestones

How much does infant tummy time impact their motor development skills...

We have a neighbor who's 19-month old seems to be having quite a bit of delay...

I have a neighbor that has an 8 month old child. The baby can hardly turn over, or hold his bottle...

My son will be 9 months old and does everything except sit up on his own...

I have a question about her ability to reach objects presented at her midline...

I am a school nurse working with 0-5 year olds. Which types of crawling are considered abnormal?

My daughter was born premature, at 32 weeks. For the first year she was fine, developing fine. But around her first birthday she has seemed to stopped...

I have a son who just turned 4 months old. He hates tummy time and due to acid reflux...

I am a mother of a 10 month old baby boy who has stiffness or hypertonicity in his ankles and keeps his leg claw shaped...

My grandson is 4-1/2 months old. I believe he has hypertone in his upper body (he arches his back  "stiff" when being held body-to-body)...

We've been in PT since 9 months old. My son went from not rolling, to rolling, not crawling to crawling, and not pulling up to now pulling up and cruising well...

When my son was born his shoulder got stuck and was literally yanked out of me...

I have 10.5 month old boy/girl twins. My son is right on target as far as crawling, pulling up and getting himself into a sitting position...

What are the developmental milestones of a 25 month old child?...

My second child is 9 months old and is not crawling or creeping yet...

My daughter is 5.5 months old and she was 5 weeks premature. How much weight should she bear on her legs?...

My son is 26 months (the only child) and he recently started daycare 2 weeks ago...

My daughter is 13 1/2 months old. She was born full term. She is not bearing any weight on her feet...

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Sensory Disorders and Sensory Integration

One of our twin boys progressed from being shy to being somewhat withdrawn in social settings...

How could a therapist work with a baby who is hypersensitive...

My son has completely abandoned the potty and will instead hold in his bowels to where he is in pain and will not go...

I have a 4-year-old son who recently joined a program for kids to teach them basics of running, hitting & kicking a ball...

 

Self Regulation

My son is doing great in preschool other than a self-regulating issue...

I'm wondering what the best therapy would be for my almost 4 year old. She's very bright but has self-regulation issues...

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Oral, Chewing, Feeding Issues

My son is 2-1/2 and drools all the time...

I have a little 3 year old that drools...

How can I minimize my 3-1/2 year old oral fixation?...

My son is eight years old and likes to chew on his clothes, pillows, blankets, backpack, etc...

My daughter started sticking her tongue out under the sippy cup...

My daughter refuses to drink from a sippy cup...

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Cognitive, Social, Learning Delays

My son turned a year old a couple weeks ago. He was a few weeks early, but not technically premature. He is not yet clapping, pointing, waving, or playing peek-a-boo...

My 3-1/2-year-old son seems preoccupied with throwing and dumping things...

My son was premature at 32 weeks and when he was 11 months old, it seems as if he just stopped developing...

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Sleep and Bedtime

My 2 year old is very intelligent and gets bored easily and I have trouble getting her to sleep at night...

My friend's baby cries all night every night for the past 6 months...

How can I position my baby to reduce hyperextension when sleeping?...

First, I'm not sure if this is a problem that needs medical attention. My 8-month-old son Chase seems to need to sleep a lot...

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Potty Training

My son has completely abandoned the potty and will instead hold in his bowels to where he is in pain and will not go...

I have a 3 1/2 year old that is being potty trained but since we started, most of the time when we take him to the potty he will start crying...

My son is two years and three months old. He is toilet trained and asks me to go to the bathroom frequently. He hardly ever wets his underpants. However, he is afraid to have a bowel movement on the toilet...

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Other Child Development Concerns

Our 3-month old son passed away when our other son was 15 months old...

I was wondering the best way to tell my 5 year old daughter her Daddy isn't coming home...

My question is about my adopted Russian daughter, now 12 but adopted at 2, with issues regarding social interaction...

What is the most heavy duty chewy toy in your opinion?...

I want to know more information on the therapy tool called Floortime...

My cousin has a baby girl who is 3 years old. She can speak and sit but in an odd way it is like her spinal cord is bent...

 

 

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