Has Your Child Just Been Diagnosed?
Maybe your child has just been diagnosed with a medical condition and your mind is spinning with questions. Or, perhaps you have concerns and want to learn about a specific condition to discuss with your child’s doctor. Here’s a starting point to find easy-to-understand descriptions of numerous conditions.
ADHD
Symptoms & Subtypes of ADHD
What is Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
Autism
Language Delay or Autism? | Signs of Autism
What is Autism and What Are the Symptoms of Autism?
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
What is Apraxia of Speech?
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
Developmental Language Disorder
Dyslexia
What is Dyslexia? | One Family’s Journey
How to Tell if Your Child is Dyslexic | Treatment Options & More
Fragile X Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome Speech and Language Communication Development
What is Fragile X and What Are the Symptoms?
Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH)
Periventricular Leukomalacadia (PVL)
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Sensory Processing Disorder
What Are the Symptoms of a Sensory Processing Disorder?
What is Sensory Processing Disorder?
Shaken Baby Syndrome
What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Shaken Baby Syndrome?
Minor Head Injuries: Symptoms, Treatment, and What’s Normal
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Greetings of the day
My name is Savio Gouveia and I would like to seek assistance for my 2 years old daughter Pia.
I had a meeting with Pia’s nursery principal and she pointed out a few concerns regarding her social behaviour. As per them Pia is not socially interactive or expressive. Compared to her age, she speaks little and has to develop more.
Pia just turned two on September 14th last month. She knows to speak many words and also knows the numbers from 1-10 and all the alphabets and colours. She is very expressive at home, however not out in public. Pia also takes a lot of time to settle down in her nursery and cries excessively when I drop her there. She is close to her class teacher and cries whenever the class teacher leaves the class. Pia also does not do well with transitions. She does not like when the class moves from one activity to another. Crying again comes into the picture.
Since Pia has turned two, the school wants to shift her to a 2-3 year old class. They were doing the transition and it went quiet well for a few days however for the past one week Pia started to cry excessively in the nursery. As per Pia’s principal it will help if I send my nanny to accompany Pia in the school to the older class as they feel this might provide emotional security to her and this might help her settle down.
As a parent I want to clarify all the doubts with regard to Pia’s behaviour and hence would like to request your assistance in her case.
We live in Qatar and we donot have support except for children above 5 years.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Savio & Pallavi
Hi Savio, I apologize for the delay. Our system marked your message as spam, so we didn’t see it right away. Our behavior specialist has been sent your questions and she will reply directly to your email. Thank you!