Developmental disorders originate in childhood and cause impairment in different areas such as learning, communication, motor skills, and attention. They include conditions like autism, ADHD, developmental coordination disorder, and learning disabilities. Causes can include genetics, environment, early childhood stress, and other health conditions. Treatment focuses on clinical therapies, complementary therapies, biomedical treatments, and family support through various service delivery models.

1. DEVELOPMENTAL
DISORDER

2. DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
•Developmental disorders is a
group of psychiatric conditions
originating in childhood that
involve serious impairment in
different areas

3. Causes
•Environment
•Genetics
•Stress in early childhood

4. DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
•Learning disabilities
•Communication disorder
• autism spectrum disorders
•Attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD)
•Developmental coordination disorder

5. Learning Disabilities
• Learning disabilities are disorders that affect one's
ability to understand or use spoken or written
language, do mathematical calculations,
coordinate movements or direct attention.
• Not all learning problems fall into the category of
learning disabilities. Many children are simply
slower in developing certain skills

6. Kinds of Learning Disabilities
• Dyslexia is a reading and language-based learning
disability,. With this problem, a child may not understand
letters, groups of letters, sentences or paragraphs.
• Dysgraphia is a term for problems with writing. An older
child may not form letters correctly, and there is difficulty
writing within a certain space.
• Dyscalculia is a term for problems concerning math.
• Information-processing disorders are learning disorders
related to a person's ability to use the information that
they take in through their senses - seeing, hearing, tasting,
smelling, and touching.

7. Communication Disorder
• Communication disorders include problems
related to speech, language and auditory
processing.
• Some causes of communication disorders include
hearing loss, neurological disorders, brain injury,
mental retardation, drug abuse, physical
impairments such as cleft lip or palate, emotional
or psychiatric disorders, and developmental
disorders. Frequently, however, the cause is
unknown

8. Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong
development disability characterized by
difficulties in social interaction, communication,
restricted and repetitive interests and behaviors,
and sensory sensitivities.
• Core problems - 1) difficulty with socialization
and communication; 2) odd interests and
behavior; and finally, 3) problems with attention
and self-regulation.

9. Causes
• Genes
• Environmental triggers
• Other health conditions
 muscular dystrophy – a group of inherited genetic conditions that
gradually cause the muscles to weaken
 Down's syndrome – a genetic condition that typically causes a
learning disability and a range of physical features
 cerebral palsy – conditions that affect the brain and nervous system,
causing problems with movement and co-ordination
 infantile spasms – a type of epilepsy that develops while a child is
still very young (usually before they're one year old)
 neurofibromatosis – a number of genetic conditions that cause
tumours to grow along the nerves (the main types
areneurofibromatosis type 1 and neurofibromatosis type 2)
 the rare genetic conditions fragile X syndrome, tuberous
sclerosis and Rett syndrome

10. Attention Deficit Hyperactive
Disorder (ADHD)
• ADHD, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,
is a behavioral condition that makes focusing on
everyday requests and routines challenging.
• People with ADHD typically have trouble getting
organized, staying focused, making realistic plans
and thinking before acting. They may be fidgety,
noisy and unable to adapt to changing situations.
• Children with ADHD can be defiant, socially inept
or aggressive.

11. Developmental
Coordination Disorder
• also known as developmental dyspraxia is a
chronic neurological disorder beginning in
childhood that can affect planning of movements
and co-ordination as a result of brain messages
not being accurately transmitted to the body

12. Symptoms
• have difficulty moderating the amount of sensory
information that their body is constantly sending
them.
• Poor memory
• Poor sense of direction
• Poor motor control

13. Treatment for
developmental disorder
• treatment approaches
• clinical therapies
• complementary therapies
• biomedical treatments
• family support
• service delivery models