CAUSES OF GDD:

Genetic (e.g. Down’s

Syndrome, Fragile X

Syndrome)
Metabolic (e.g. underactive

thyroid gland)
Prenatal (e.g. rubella or

birth trauma)
Perinatal (e.g. prematurity

or the result of a childhood

injury or infection like

meningitis)
Sometimes undetermined
Problems with the structure

or development of the
brain or the spinal cord

Every child develops

at her or his own INHERITANCE
GLOBAL
pace.
PATTERNS:
DEVELOPMENTAL
It is more than being “a little Depends on underlying cause,
behind”. GDD is diagnosed when a
DELAY (GDD) child is significantly delayed in infections are never inherited,
two or more of the 5 although an infected mother
GDD is a term used to describe a

developmental realms including: can pass on an infection to her

generalized intellectual disability
Cognitive (or thinking)
Communication
unborn child or during birth.
that is usually characterized by

lower than average intellectual

Gross motor
Social and emotional
functioning. Fine motor

 COMMON SIGNS:

A child may be described as having GDD TREATMENT

if they have not reached 2 or more

milestones in all areas of development INTERVENTION:
(called Developmental Domains). - Special educational input is a common

These areas are: and useful support

Delayed acquisition of milestones/
- Speech and language therapy
motor skills (either
gross motor skills like sitting up, or rolling
- Others may later on catch up and
Developmental delay can also be
- PT,OT
a symptom of other underlying

over, crawling, walking and fine motor skills

like for example picking up small objects) medical conditions, including: sometimes may not
Poor social skills and judgement/ social Autism spectrum disorders or
need any support
and emotional skills(interacting with
others and development of personal ASD
- Clinical child psychologists or child

traits and feelings, as well as starting to Cerebral Palsy and adolescent

understand and respond to the needs
and feelings of others)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders psychiatrist
Limited reasoning on conceptual Landau Keiffner syndrome - If there is strong family history, then

abilities/ cognitive skills(the ability to Myopathies, including muscular

learn new thing, process information, your doctor

dystrophies
organize their thoughts and remember should refer you to a genetics specialist

things) Genetic disorders

Communication difficulties/ speech and

to discuss testing.
language(which includes babbling,
imitating speech and identifying sounds
as well as understanding what other
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