Delayed milestone

A delayed milestone, which is also known as a developmental delay, refers to a situation where a child does not reach a particular developmental milestone at the expected age. Developmental milestones refer to a collection of indicators that a child is anticipated to reach as they grow older.

Each age group has its distinct set of milestones, representing behaviors that develop gradually and serve as foundational building blocks for growth and ongoing learning. These behavioral milestones fall into various categories of child development stages, including:

• Adaptive skills: Activities of daily living, such as putting on clothes, eating, and washing independently.
• Cognition and intellect: Involves thinking, solving problems, making judgements and comprehension.
• Emotional expression: Includes facial movements, such as a smile when happy, or an action, such as giving a gift to express gratitude
• Language: Being able to communicate verbally with speech and/or nonverbally with gesture
• Motor coordination: Encompasses both gross and fine motor skills, such as jumping and drawing.
• Sensory: Vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell
• Social interaction: Involves the ability to initiate contact with peers and engage in group play.