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Developmental-behavioral pediatricians evaluate, counsel, and
provide treatment for children, adolescents, and their families with a
wide range of developmental and behavioral difficulties, including:
- Attention and behavioral disorders including attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder and associated conditions including oppositional-defi ant behavior,
conduct problems, depression, and anxiety disorders
- Learning disorders including dyslexia, writing diffi culties, math disorders,
and other school-related learning problems
- Tics, Tourette syndrome, and other habit disorders
- Regulatory disorders including sleep disorders, feeding problems,
discipline diffi culties, complicated toilet-training issues, enuresis
(bedwetting), and encopresis (soiling)
- Developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy, spina bifi da,
mental retardation, autism spectrum disorders, and visual and
hearing impairments
- Delayed development in speech, language, motor skills, and
thinking ability
- Behavioral and developmental problems complicating the full range
of pediatric chronic illnesses and disabling conditions (for example,
genetic disorders, epilepsy, prematurity, diabetes, asthma, cancer)
Developmental-behavioral pediatricians practice in hospitals, major medical
centers, clinics, private practice settings, rehabilitation centers, schools, and
community centers. Often a developmental-behavioral pediatrician works collaboratively with a team of professionals. This team may include a psychologist, speech and language pathologist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, neurodevelopmental disabilities pediatrician, child psychiatrist, child neurologist,
nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, educational diagnostician, or
clinical social worker. Developmental-behavioral pediatricians work
closely with parents, families, and schools. |
