PHTY304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth, Specific Developmental Disorder
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Developmental delay: development that fails to keep pace with expected milestones, early identification allows for support of interactions with others, the task and. I(cid:373)pai(cid:396)s a (cid:272)hild(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ility to pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipate at a(cid:374) age app(cid:396)op(cid:396)iate level. Impacts on potential outcome of development the environment in order to empower optimal ongoing development = early. The at risk infant: biological factors: premature birth - ept, vpt, pt, low birth weight/sga - elbw, vlbw,lbw, sga: small for gestational age, neonatal distress/dysfunction - respiratory distress (ventilated), mj surgery, Neurobehavioural abnormalities: congenital disorders, prenatal exposures, conditions limiting mobility. Premature birth: birth <37 weeks gestation ( who, 1970, 6-12% of all deliveries, leading cause of perinatal morbidity in developed nations. Increased rates of survival of even the most immature. Outcomes of premature birth: majority of very preterm survivors escape significant disability, mod- severe disability in10-20% of very preterm birth, neurological impairment (cp) 9. 1% ept, cognitive impairment 4. 4% ept, uncorrectable vision impairment, deafness, epilepsy.
