INTRODUCTION

The first years of a child’s life are an amazing time of development and learned behavior, with new and exciting developmental milestones. However, studies show that more than 70% of mothers have developmental concerns about their young child. As such, the better educated the parents are about child development, then the earlier the problem is identified; the sooner the child receives early intervention; and the better the progress will be.
With limited physical time, appropriate knowledge, and for other reasons, many health professionals do not have the ability to screen for developmental and behavior difficulties in their practice. It is therefore crucial for parents to have a tool for developmental monitoring in order to identify warnings signs and red flags to early detect any possible problem. Arm yourself with the developmental knowledge required of every parent and provide your child with the BEST START TO LIFE!

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WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT

This book begins with describing expected normal development from birth to six years of age in each domain of development (gross and fine motor, social emotional, cognitive, speech and language, vision and self help and adaptive skills). As a parent, it is important to be aware of developmental stages as your child grows to ensure that your child is growing following a normal developmental pattern.
Parenting and discipline is often difficult for parents of young children. As such, how to parent and discipline the young child is discussed along with how to enhance your child’s behavior and development. In addition, developmental screening and red flags/warning signs of developmental or behavioral abnormalities are stated with handy and practical questionnaires for each specific age.
Moreover, the book includes about 50 small chapters including questions and answers to daily parental concerns of child development and behaviors (e.g. temper tantrum, eye blinking, tip toes walking and much more). Recognition and descriptions of warning signs and symptoms for developmental disabilities are also included for autism, ADHD, speech and language delay, learning difficulties and developmental delay to early detect and improve child best outcome.

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Table of Contents:

• Introduction:

• Section 1: Development in the first five years
• A – Developmental Milestones for specific ages in the domains of physical development, social/emotional, cognitive, speech and language and self help and adaptive skills.
• B – Parenting and Discipline Aspects
• C – How to enhance development
• D – Developmental Screen and Red Flags

• Section 2: Specific Development Milestones
• When and How it Develops,
• How to enhance it, and recognize problems

Topics:

• Head Control,
• Sitting, Crawling,
• Standing, Rolling Over, and Walking.

• Section 3: Developmental and Behavioral Issues and Concerns

This section includes behavioral/developmental concerns, how to deal with it, why it happens, what are warning signs and when to see a health professional. It also includes answers to additional parent’s practical and daily questions and concerns.
Topics include:

• Abnormal Head shape
• Attachment to bottle
• Baby Hair Loss
• Biting
• Breath Holding Spells
• Boy Dressing  like  a girl
• Climbing
• Clinginess
• Drooling
• Eye blinking
• Erections in babies
• Fear of Doctors
• Fear of the bath
• Food Throwing
• Handedness
• Head Banging
• Hitting
• How to get your child to eat breakfast
• Imaginary friend
• Masturbation
• Nail biting
• Nightmares
• Night terrors
• Preference of one parent over another
• Separation anxiety
• Shyness
• Sneezing/Snoring in the newborn
• Social skills
• Speaking two languages
• Spoiling
• Stranger anxiety
• Swearing
• Teeth grinding
• Thumb sucking
• Time out
• Tiptoe walking
• Toddler frequent fall
• Toilet training
• Transitional and security objects

• Section 4: Recognition of Warning Signs and Symptoms of Developmental Disabilities

This section provides parents with early red flags or warning signs and symptoms that could be associated with a particular specific developmental disability such as:

• Autism,
• ADHD,
• Learning Disabilities,
• Speech and Language Delay,   
• Global Developmental Delay
• Index