Why do children visit the AzCSC?
The reasons children visit our program are varied. For young children, 18 months to 5 years of age, it might be because they have been slower to achieve developmental milestones seen in children of the same age. They may not be speaking as well or as clearly as other young children at a similar age. Parents may be concerned about difficulties in their child’s play or interaction with other children. Children who have difficulties communicating or relating to others may also have problems with their behavior or may be more aggressive to other children and adults because of frustration. For older children (kindergarten to high school), generally, it is because someone (such as a parent, a teacher, a physician etc.) is concerned that the child is not learning or acting as well as might be expected for his or her age, or that child might be having feelings of failure or frustration in or out of school. Feeding disorders (children who have a hard time eating and gaining weight) and children
