Main complaints identified by parents of children with developmental delays during the initial consultation: a 10-year all-case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Japan, the child development support initiative is one of the government's daycare support programs for children with disabilities. Children, aged 0-6 years, who are not attending elementary school can participate in the initiative and receive various support. Reports on the approaches taken by private child development support centers and the guardians' perceptions are increasing. Conversely, information from public child development support centers, which serve as places for initial developmental consultation, is extremely scarce. Moreover, there are no nationwide reports on the main complaints from each region, which are of concern to the parents. This study aimed to clarify children's gender and age, presence of referral sources, and characteristics of the main co

SUBMITTER: Kusumoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874933 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature