{"id":1614,"date":"2022-04-28T12:38:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myonlinetherapist.co.za\/?post_type=common_concerns&#038;p=1614"},"modified":"2022-04-29T09:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T07:45:32","slug":"developmental-delays","status":"publish","type":"concern","link":"https:\/\/myonlinetherapist.co.za\/concern\/developmental-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Developmental Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>What is Developmental Delays?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is when a child is not reaching the expected developmental milestone within the expected time period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areas of development include physical\u00a0 (e.g. crawling and walking) or language (e.g. making full sentences) or independence (e.g. toilet training) or social and emotional (playing with other children).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every child is different and what is considered age-appropriate may differ depending on genetics and environment. Early support to help manage expectations and prevent worsening of conditions is key.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we support your child?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online assessments through observations and parent interviews\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular therapeutic intervention with parent and child using play as a medium\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refer to other professionals when necessary\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is when a child is not reaching the expected developmental milestone within the expected time period.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1753,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myonlinetherapist.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concern\/1614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myonlinetherapist.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concern"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myonlinetherapist.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/concern"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myonlinetherapist.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myonlinetherapist.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}