What to do if your baby's intellectual development is slow

As children grow up, what parents worry about most is their children's physical development retardation. Children's developmental delay ranges from physical retardation to intellectual retardation, especially the latter which has a greater impact. If you find that your child has such a situation, you should take timely measures to improve it to avoid the situation from getting worse. So, what should we do if our baby’s intellectual development is slow? Let’s take a look at it below.

The training plan is organically integrated with children’s daily routine. Some items can be integrated into daily activities, such as "undressing" and "dressing", etc. You can use the morning, evening, and noon time to sleep and get up to study.

2. Interests and needs

The training program is tailored to the interests and needs of the child. People often say: Interest is the best teacher. Intervention should take into account the child's interests and needs. For example, if the child is interested in music, parents can take full advantage of this. Let children touch the piano keys to train their fine motor skills, do simple sight-reading exercises to train their hand-eye coordination, read the music aloud to train their language expression skills, and so on.

Train naturally through games and activities.

For younger children, training should be arranged in natural situations whenever possible. Sometimes, an activity will involve multiple aspects of a child's abilities, and parents can provide appropriate assistance based on the child's development.

4. Communicate more with the outside world

Communicate more with the outside world.

Young children with intellectual disabilities also need to understand the outside world. Since most families have only one child, parents should try to create conditions for their children to communicate with the outside world. We should strive to cultivate children's ability to adapt to the environment, such as using polite language, asking for help, shopping, finding their way, building friendships, interacting with peers, etc.

Identify with your children. For children with intellectual disabilities, parents may face the following problems: their children learn slowly but forget quickly, their children have difficulty concentrating, and their children's thinking is very childish.

6. Develop children's creative thinking ability

Children can often touch paper, sand, etc., and read various books to inspire their imagination.

7. Encourage children to ask more questions

In life, parents should not only answer children's questions seriously, but also inspire them to ask questions appropriately. They can also ask deeper questions to guide children's thinking and enable them to master learning methods. It is a child's nature to be willing to think and explore, and asking questions is a manifestation of a child's curiosity.