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Research shows that children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, ADHD and learning difficulties, have worse health and educational outcomes than children without these conditions, particularly when they have more than one condition. Earlier diagnoses and support for them and their parents could improve these outcomes.
Developing this new tool will help to ensure earlier diagnoses and support for children and their parents.Dr Michael Fleming
Using Scotland-wide health and education databases, Dr Michael Fleming and his team from the University of Glasgow aim to identify factors associated with co-existing neurodevelopmental conditions in childhood, and to develop a tool that predicts the likelihood of children developing more than one condition.
This tool will highlight children at high risk of developing co-existing neurodevelopmental disorders, so schools and healthcare providers can fast-track them for full assessment at an early age, improving the child’s longer term health outcomes, learning, and development.
Dr Fleming said: “Developing this new tool will help to ensure earlier diagnoses and support for children and their parents. Ultimately, we hope this will have a positive impact on their wider health and educational outcomes.”
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