Developmental Delay occurs when a child is developing their skills at a slower rate than other children of the same age across multiple areas of development, particularly gross and fine motor skills and speech and language. It can be the result of conditions such as ASD, Downs syndrome, cerebral palsy, genetic disorders, hearing or vision irregularities or prematurity at birth.
Physiotherapy helps you child to develop the strength, balance and coordination needed to reach their physical milestones. Research has shown that the earlier the intervention, the more successful the outcome.
Movement is a good place to start with a developmental delay and an individualized gross motor program can be created by a paediatric physiotherapist to develop the skills that your child is having difficulty with as identified during an assessment.
For more information please contact our paediatric trained physiotherapists.