What conditions do developmental-behavioral pediatricians treat?

A developmental pediatrician can diagnose and treat a wide array of developmental and behavioral conditions, including:

• Autism spectrum disorder
• ADHD
• Regulatory disorders like sleep disorders, feeding problems, and toilet training
• Delayed development in speech, language, motor skills, and cognitive functioning
• Learning disorders
• Tics and Tourette syndrome
• Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, and other genetic conditions that affect child development
• Behavioral disorders such as oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)

For more about this topic, see our article Developmental-Behavioral Pediatricians 101.