What if the child lags behind in development?

If the child lags behind in physical and mental development, this can be calculated from his behavior. A child may not perform the most simple, seemingly, tasks that his peers are doing instantly. A child may not learn the material, his reactions may be slowed down - of course, parents are worried. What if the child lags behind in development?

Causes of the child's lag in physical development

When the child is slowed by mental development, it can be caused by an incorrect pedagogical approach, a delay in the development of the psyche, a violation of the functions of the central nervous system, a brain underdevelopment that leads to mental retardation.

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Wrong pedagogical approach

If the approach to the child is wrong, he may not know and do not learn many things. There is a lag in development, and it is explained not just by brain impairments - the child is healthy - and neglect of upbringing. When a child lacks information and is not encouraged to do mental work, the ability of the child to digest and process information is drastically reduced. But if the right approach is applied to the child, these gaps will gradually be eliminated. If the classes will be held constantly, everything will be fine, the child will eventually overtake his peers.

Delayed development of the psyche

In other words - the delay in the mental development of the child It manifests itself very variably. But always this feature can be distinguished by the nuances of behavior, which make it possible to distinguish between mental retardation, pedagogical neglect and delay in the manifestation of mental reactions. Children who have a delayed development of the psyche, do not suffer from disturbances in the brain, but they have absolutely no behavior typical for their age, immature, more childish, there is increased fatigue, insufficient working capacity, these children quickly get tired without finishing their work.

These symptoms can be explained by the fact that the mother's birth was pathological, with disorders that entailed the child's illness. Therefore, in early childhood, a child can often get sick with infectious diseases, which, in particular, affect the nervous system. These diseases and behavioral problems are based on organic abnormalities in the child's nervous system.

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Biological causes of delay in child development

• Infringements in an organism of mum at vynashivanii
• Diseases of the mother during pregnancy
• Alcoholism and addiction to tobacco smoking in a pregnant woman
• Psychological, neurological, psychosomatic diseases of relatives of a sick child
• Childbirth with pathologies (caesarean, pulling the child with forceps and so on)
• Infections that the child suffered in early childhood

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Social causes of delay in child development

• Strong control (hyperope) of parents
• Aggressive attitude towards the child in the family
• Injuries of the psyche transferred in early childhood

To be able to choose a program for correcting a child who lags behind in development, it is not enough to simply identify the cause (by the way, they can be complex). It is also necessary to diagnose a psychologist and a pediatrician in the clinic for treatment to be comprehensive.

The delay in the development of mental development (CPD) in children, physicians today are divided into four types

Mental infantilism

Such children are quick-tempered, tearful, not independent, it is typical for them to express their emotions violently. The mood of such children often changes: just now the child ran and played fun, and now he cries and demands something, knocking his feet. Such a child with mental infantilism is extremely difficult to make decisions himself, it depends entirely on the father or mother, his emotional-volitional sphere is broken. It is very difficult to diagnose this condition, because parents and teachers can take it for pampering. But if we draw an analogy with how the child's peers behave, there is a very clear delay in its development.

Mental retardation of somatogenic origin

This group consists of children, who constantly suffer from frequent catarrhal diseases. This group also includes children with chronic chronic diseases. And yet - the kids, whose parents warmed up too warmly since childhood, were too worried about them, they were heating ice cream and water, so that, God forbid, the baby did not catch cold. This behavior - the excessive care of parents - does not allow the child to know the world, so his mental development is inhibited. Hence the inability to be independent, make your own decision.

Neurogenic causes of delay in the development of the child No one deals with the child or, on the contrary, is overly cared for. Violence from parents and suffered traumas in childhood are also attributed to neurogenic reasons for the delay in the development of a preschooler. This type is characterized by the fact that moral standards and behavioral reactions in the child are not brought up, the child often does not know how to show their attitude to anything.

Organic-cerebral delays in development

Nature already operates here. That is, deviations in the body - organic deviations in the work of the nervous system, the brain function of such a child is disrupted. This is the most difficult to treat type of delay in the development of the child. And the most frequent with this.

How to identify abnormalities in the development of the child?

According to scientists, this can be done in the first months, as soon as the child was born. It is even easier to do this in the younger and middle preschool years (from 3 to 4 years). You just have to watch the baby carefully. If development is delayed, then some unconditioned reflexes will be especially developed or, conversely, they will not be at all, although in healthy children these reactions are present.

1. The child continues to suck something after three months after his birth (finger, sponge, clothing edge)
2. After two months the child still can not concentrate on anything - can not watch or listen carefully
3. The child responds too sharply to sounds or does not react at all to them
4. A child very weakly can follow an object that moves, or can not focus at all
5. Up to 2-3 months the child still does not know how to smile, although this reflex in normal babies appears already in 1 month
6. At 3 months and later the child does not "walk" - this indicates a speech disorder; the child babbles for up to 3 years, although in healthy children a separate speech begins to manifest much earlier - at 1.5-2 years old
7. When a child grows up, he can not clearly pronounce the letters, does not remember them. When he is taught to read, the child can not comprehend the basics of the charter, it simply does not come to him.
8. In the kindergarten or school, the child is found with disgraphy (writing skills are violated), can not count the elementary figures (there is a disease called dyscalculia). A child of middle and senior preschool age is inattentive, does not know how to focus on one thing, quickly changes activities.
9. Pre-school child has a speech disorder

Treatment of a child who lags behind in development

If you start treating a child who lags behind in development, from the first months of his life, you can do a significant job and achieve very good results. If the delay in the development of the child is caused not by biological factors but by social factors (the nervous system is healthy), then with the hard work of physicians and doctors it is possible to achieve complete recovery of the child. Here operates the golden law: the faster to begin work with the child, the better and faster the result will be.