Bone age less than chronological age how to#
Why is it important to know where your child might have a developmental lag or stuck place? Knowing that there are areas where your child is developmentally behind their chronological age allows you to make decisions about how to handle their behavior appropriately. What this means for parents with children who have experienced trauma is that the simple act of making a snack for your child could result in a child acting much younger until the traumatic triggers have been identified and resolved so that the apple you cut is just an apple again, instead of a reminder of a difficult past. Depending on what happened, a trigger could be a bathroom, a car, candy, really anything that reminds them of the trauma. Children (and adults) with unresolved trauma have what we call triggers, which remind them of the traumatic incident. Many of them have memories associated with trauma that prevent them from focusing on a task. Does your child have a traumatic trigger that remains unresolved which prevents them from moving through a developmental stage? I see children who have experienced trauma. At the time when other children were learning to make friends and play nicely with other children, your child was busy managing an internal or external stressor that demanded all of their attention they would otherwise have been able to focus on meeting a developmental milestone.Ĥ. Did something prevent my child from being able to learn this skill at the appropriate time? Perhaps you had a child with medical issues, a traumatic situation or something else. It may be that while we expect that to be a skill children learn between ages two and four, your daughter may require instruction now, as she has not received it before.ģ. Has my child ever been properly taught how to meet this developmental milestone? For example, if you have a daughter you adopted from foster care at age 5, she may not ever have been properly potty trained and taught to clean herself appropriately after using the bathroom. Is my child capable of meeting the demands of this developmental stage? Developmental delays, learning issues, issues related to physical abilities and early childhood exposure can all add to a child’s difficulty in meeting a developmental milestone.Ģ. Some important questions about an area where your child seems stuck in a younger developmental age are:ġ. What that signifies is that there is a part of you that has not left or resolved some of the struggles from your own childhood. You may feel younger, angrier, more docile or more or less confrontational. Even as an adult, you may find that you act differently toward them or your siblings than you would in your day-to-day life.
Let’s look at an example everyone can relate to, think for a moment about a time when you have been triggered into a younger developmental age, say, when you go to your parent’s house for the weekend. For example, you may have a child that works at or even above grade level in reading and/or math, but in some emotional areas they may be developmentally younger than their chronological age. What makes this confusing is that your child may be able to do things that are appropriate for their chronological age. You may have a child that has a “stuck” part of their development. If you have a child like this, typically you might notice that there are times when he or she acts much younger than you would expect for their chronological age. or has a parent with a serious illness or addiction,.has experienced a major change in family structure,.has experienced the death or loss of a primary caregiver,.
was adopted at an older age (18 months or more),.For many children this can be the same age as the chronological age, the age we typically think of when we talk about our children, however, if you have a child that, among other possibilities: When figuring out how to best meet the needs of our children, it is important to understand their developmental age. I keep my comments open and would love to hear if people are getting what they are looking for from this post even if it has been a while since I originally posted.
Bone age less than chronological age update#
By far the most popular post was this one! So, in the spirit of sharing and refreshing for the New Year, I thought I would update and repost this blog, since it was one of my earlier ones and may have been missed by some of the folks who are newer to my blog. Having a blog on WordPress is so nice in that I got a nice little report for the end of 2012 letting me know which of my posts has gotten the most attention, etc.
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