In recent years, children are more likely to suffer from various mental disorders. What strange things in the child's behavior should alert parents?
The most frequent disorders in children's development in recent years: autism,hyperactivity, dyslexia and dysgraphia. According to statistics, boys suffer such disorders are twice as likely than girls, and the causes can be very different: difficult childbirth, a woman's disease during pregnancy, prematurity, low birth weight. How to notice a violation, to correct or eliminate them.
Autistic spectrum disorder.Unfortunately, in today's world, this diagnosis is not uncommon, is more common in girls than in boys. These disorders can be very severe and can be mild, which are amenable to correction. There are certain signs that can help parents to suspect that something was wrong:
- baby prefers to spend time alone;
- He avoids eye contact;
- incapable of empathy (to distinguish emotions);
- It does not respond to the name;
- It repeats the same action * swinging, long swinging on a swing, rhythmically tapping on something);
- puts toys in a row;
- She understands and uses gestures and facial expressions;
- afraid to even the slightest change (climate change, permutation);
- afraid to try new foods and to change dietary habits;
- I have problems with potty training;
- It can scrutinize various objects, smell them, touch.
ADHD.attention deficit hyperactivity disorder occurs most often in twins or premature babies, boys is more common than in girls. ADHD is diagnosed no earlier than four years and recurring symptoms, including:
- the child can not concentrate for a long time in the session, which he was not interested;
- no perseverance, the child constantly fidgets and looks around;
- some bright objects can easily distract even from his hobbies;
- It does not control their emotions;
- constantly interrupting others, very impatient.
Dysgraphia. This disorder is associated with difficulties in learning the letter and is most common in children with hyperactivity, impaired hearing and vision. With the help of systematic studies on the development of fine motor skills and writing training.
- in a letter to a child constantly confuse similar sounds "e" and "t", "h" and "c", "c" and "TC";
- swaps the syllables and letters, add extra letters in the word;
- can not agree on gender and number, writes the lyrics together with prepositions;
- He wrote very slowly and carefully, but the handwriting is still poor;
- in difficult cases, the child not only writes the wrong, but also says.
Dyslexia.Dyslexia - a congenital disorder associated with reading, it affects about 80% of people who read poorly. If the time to notice the violation and take to the expert, the violation can be corrected. Dyslexia can be suspected if:
- child reading a bad thing, but other skills are well developed;
- He does not want to learn to read and practice reading;
- can not recite the text, because they do not understand the meaning of reading;
- child forgetful, restless, often in the clouds;
- incorrectly holding a pen and a pencil, can not be retrained.
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