Developmental Behavior Department
Overview
Department of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics was established in 2012. It has now developed into a professional team specialized in clinical practice, scientific research, and teaching of medical staff. The department currently has 1 chief pediatrician, 5 deputy chief pediatricians, 5 attending pediatricians, 5 child psychotherapists and 5 professional nursing staff. The team is good at the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of developmental and behavioral disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, language disorder, learning difficulties, intellectual development disorders, feeding disorders, etc. The department provides online and offline parent courses for language and speech disorders and autism spectrum disorders. And we are specialized in early intervention of autism spectrum disorders with PLAY project and WHO-CST. We also provide one-on-one psychological counseling for children and their parents with various behavioral and emotional problems. We also closely follow up children with high risk of developmental behavioral disorders from all over the country and abroad.
(1) Developmental and behavioral problems: autism spectrum disorders; developmental delays, such as language developmental delay, motor developmental delay, cognitive developmental delay; attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder; learning difficulties; intellectual developmental disorders; feeding disorders; eating behavior problems; sleep disorders; Lead poisoning; etc.
(2) Children at high risk of developmental disabilities: children with high-risk factors in the perinatal period, such as premature infants, low birth weight infants, infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, infants with bilirubin encephalopathy; sibling of autistic children; children with a family history of intellectual developmental disabilities, etc.
(3) Early childhood development guidance: regular growth and development monitoring, early education guidance, intellectual development monitoring and screening; counseling and guidance on behavioral deviations during development; individualized education and parenting counseling.
(4) Child developmental assessment and intelligence test: use various neurodevelopment and intelligence test scales to assess the development level or intelligence of children, and provide individual educational interventions to enable each child to achieve the best overall development.
(5) Screening and diagnostic evaluation scales: Childhood Autism Screening Scale (ABC, M-CHAT-R/F) and Diagnostic Scales (ADOS and ADI-R), Child Development Screening and Diagnostic Scales (such as ASQ, ASQ-SE, Gesell and Griffiths scales), Child Intelligence Screening and Diagnostic Scales (such as PPVT, Raven’s Intelligence test, Wechsler Intelligence Scale) and many behavior and ability rating scales, etc.
(6) Childhood autism intervention: primary parent courses, advanced parent courses, Play and Language for Autistic Yougsters (PLAY project), WHO Caregiver Skill Training (WHO-CST), and Program for Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS).
Professional Features
(1) Autism spectrum disorders: diagnosis with the international gold standard scales, ADOS-2 and ADI-R, assess with the Psychoeducational Profile (Third Edition) (PEP-3)，Griffith Cognitive Development Assessment (Griffiths) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition, and early intervention with Play and Language for Autistic Yougsters (PLAY project), WHO Caregiver Skill Training (WHO-CST), and Program for Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS).
(2) Developmental delays: use various developmental screening and diagnostic scales to conduct a comprehensive developmental assessment of stunted children, provide educational intervention guidance based on developmental level, and conduct long-term follow-up.
(3) Learning disability: assess learning ability, intelligence and behavior of preschool and school-age children with learning difficulties, cooperate with teachers in school and special education teachers to conduct individualized assessments, formulate education plans, and guide targeted educational interventions.
(4) Disorders of neurodevelopment: carry out etiological tests and intellectual development assessment for children with intellectual disabilities, provide intervention and education suggestions based on individual development level, provide counseling for families of children with inherited intellectual disabilities (such as fragile X syndrome, etc.).
The professional team is actively involved in scientific research. We focus on the studies of neurodevelopmental trajectories, neurocognitive mechanisms, genetic etiology, gut microbiota and interventions of children with autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities and intellectual disabilities, especially on fragile X syndrome. Currently, our scientific research projects have been chaired or participated, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science and Technology Support Project, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fund, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and Zhejiang Health Commission.
Expert Team
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Chief Physician |
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Associate Chief Physician |
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3 |
Associate Chief Physician |
