Are you concerned about your child’s physical development?

Does your child find it challenging to complete physical tasks?

We can help to progress your child’s

• Rolling

• Sitting

• Crawling

• Standing

• Walking

We offer:

Baby and toddler MOT
One-to-one sessions with a physiotherapist assessing your child’s physical skills. Provides a bespoke exercise programme and development advice.

Drop-in sessions
Allows your child to practice physical skills under the supervision of a physiotherapist. Allows parents/carers to ask questions about their child’s development.

Group courses
Physiotherapist-led six-week course designed to help your child move on to the next milestone e.g. sitting > crawling > standing.

What is Development Delay?

Development delay is the term given to a child who does not meet key developmental milestones and falls behind the expected progression in areas of development compared to other children. Milestones can be physical, such as crawling and walking, or social, such as talking.

It is important to remember that there is a normal age range for reaching each developmental milestones. For example, one child may be able to walk at 11 months whilst another child may walk at 16 months. Both of these are within the normal milestone limits.

Signs that your child may not be meeting physical milestones:

• Unable to bring their hands together at 4 months

• Unable to roll over at 6 months

• Unable to control his/her head when pulled to a sitting position at 6 months

• Unable to sit independently (without support) at 8 months

• Unable to crawl at 12 months

• Unable to walk at 18 months

Development Delay Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy can help children with development delay to achieve physical milestones.

Treatment for developmental delay is dependent on age and ability and, therefore, greatly varies between individuals. The treatment provided by our specialist paediatric therapists will generally be in the form of fun activities and games to stimulate your child into performing normal patterns of movement. Your therapist will also give you advice on positioning, and be able to teach parents and carers activities to help your child reach developmental milestones and promote your child’s future independence.