Above all, parents should not feel inadequate or hesitate to seek help if they believe - or are told - their child may have a
developmental delay or disability, Marks said.
Little work has been done, however, to examine school readiness for children who face various mild biological risks but are not diagnosed with a
developmental delay in early life.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Early-life exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) can result in
developmental delay as well as childhood asthma and increased risk of cancer.
Pre-school is often the first time parents realize there may be a significant
developmental delay," explains Wilda Pipkin, special education preschool supervisor for Clayton County (Ga.) Schools.
According to the 1992 American Association on Mental Retardation's definition of
developmental delay or mental retardation, it "is characterized by significantly subaverage (IQ 70 or below) intellectual functioning existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more ...
* When a child has delayed achievement of one or more developmental milestones, this is
developmental delay. Global
developmental delay implies that the child has delays in all areas of development.
It includes a provision to encourage states to expand opportunities for children less than 3 years who would be at risk of having substantial
developmental delay if they did not receive early intervention services.
In the first case, a girl aged 15 months was hospitalized in August 2001 after her pediatrician diagnosed her with failure to thrive,
developmental delay and severe macrocytic anemia.
Symptoms of iron deficiency can include decreased appetite, lethargy,
developmental delay and behavioural problems.
Iron deficiency can cause
developmental delay and behavioural problems.