Developmental Disorders are conditions that develop in childhood which can cause a serious impairment in specific areas of the child’s development - emotional, psychological, or intellectual.

This course helps you to gain knowledge of signs, symptoms and treatments for developmental disorders in children, including pervasive developmental disorders, behavioural disorders, and learning disorders.

There are 9 lessons in this course:

1. Nature and Scope of Developmental Disorders - Mental Retardation/learning disability
2. Autism - Autistic Disorder signs, symptoms, treatment and support
3. Asperger's Disorder - signs, symptoms, treatment and support
4. Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Rett's Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Developmental Disorders NOS) signs, symptoms, treatment and support
5. Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders - ADHD & variants, signs, symptoms, treatment and support
6. Conduct Disorders (Include oppositional defiant disorder) signs, symptoms, treatment and support
7. Learning Disorders - focus on academia (Mathematics, Reading Disorder - Dyslexia, etc.) signs, symptoms, treatment and support
8. Communications Disorders & Motor Skills Disorder - focus on speech and language signs, symptoms, treatment and support
9. Special Project (choose something of interest to the student) signs, symptoms, treatment and support

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
 

• Explain the nature, scope and impact of developmental problems in children and adolescents
• Explain autism, including its diagnosis, and appropriate responses that may be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners.
• Explain Asperger’s disorder, including its diagnosis and appropriate responses that may be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners
• Explain a range of pervasive developmental disorders, including their diagnosis and appropriate responses that may be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners
• Explain a range of attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorders, including diagnosis and appropriate responses that may be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners.
• Explain conduct disorders, including its diagnosis and appropriate responses that may be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners