Global Developmental Delay / Developmental Delay

Global Developmental Delay / Developmental Delay

What is it?

Global developmental delay (GDD) or developmental delay (DD) is a term used when a child is slower at meeting milestones than other children. Delay may occur in the way a child moves, communicates, thinks and learns, or behaves with others.

Causes

GDD or DD can either be temporary or permanent. Scaling from mild to severe. In most cases, developmental delay is related to some form of neurological abnormality. This may be due to genetic or heredity disorders or other developmental disorders that affect the nervous system. 

WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT?!?!

Early assessment and identification of possible causes can help. When medical conditions that cause GDD or DD are treated, usually children's functioning improve substantially. Regardless of whether the cause is known or unknown it is important to remind ourselves that children with GDD or DD continue to learn, although more slower than others and in sometimes in different ways than most. 


I know first hand how hard it can be to receive devastating news about your Bubba. It breaks our hearts to see even the tiniest of things happen to them, like the scars on their face made by the nails our Mamma brains forgot to clip, let alone that be told the news that bubba has GDD. 

I'm going to say this anyways, even though it feels so ridiculous because I myself can never get myself to do this but THINK POSITIVE. Finding out now or seeing the signs now is a good thing. It means that the first step is taken and we can now move on to the second. Which is doing what we can (obviously after all the tears).