The Department of Developmental Pediatrics at The Second Norman Bethune Hospital of Jilin University was formerly the Department of Child Healthcare, established in 1991. The department currently has one chief physician and three associate chief physicians, three of whom hold doctoral degrees, and two are master's supervisors. Over the past five years, the department has undertaken more than 10 national and provincial-level research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, and has published over 20 papers in SCI-indexed and core journals.
Unlike traditional pediatric disease diagnosis and treatment, our Developmental Pediatrics department is a specialized unit focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and developmental promotion of abnormalities arising during child growth and development. It provides comprehensive assessment and management from perspectives including endocrinology, genetics, nutrition, and psychosocial factors.
The department currently includes the Developmental Pediatrics Clinic, Examination and Assessment Room, High-Risk Infant Optimal Development Center, and Children's Rehabilitation Center. It is the chair unit of the Jilin Provincial Preventive Medicine Association, a committee member unit of the Adolescent Health Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and a designated medical institution for low self-pay treatment of cerebral palsy and autism under the Changchun Medical Insurance program.
Department Features and Scope of Services:
Dynamic Monitoring of Child Growth and Development: Includes physical growth and neuropsychological development, enabling early detection of growth disorders such as short stature, obesity, sexual development abnormalities (precocious puberty, delayed puberty), thyroid diseases, enuresis, as well as certain neurological conditions like cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and microcephaly.
Child Nutrition Assessment and Counseling: Focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and guidance for feeding and dietary behaviors related to nutritional diseases such as picky eating, anorexia, obesity, rickets, iron-deficiency anemia, zinc deficiency, vitamin deficiencies, sleep disorders, and lead poisoning. Laboratory tests including trace elements and bone alkaline phosphatase are available to correct the health impacts of malnutrition.
Early Childhood Development and Brain Potential Development: Provides systematic and continuous monitoring, assessment, and training for the physical, intellectual, psychological, behavioral, and social adaptation development of children aged 0-6, especially preterm and high-risk infants, emphasizing prevention and health promotion. The department has established a systematic "0-6 Early Development Guidance Program," creating check-up and guidance plans tailored to different age stages. Health check-ups are recommended at 42 days after birth, every 3 months before 1 year old, every 6 months from 1-3 years old, and annually from 3-6 years old. Health records are established from birth, providing comprehensive services through monthly tracking, staged assessments, personalized interventions, re-assessment, and further intervention.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychological and Behavioral Problems: Conducts comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of emotional issues, behavioral problems, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), tic disorders, conduct problems, learning difficulties, psychosexual issues, sleep problems, intellectual developmental delay, autism, intellectual disability, and language disorders, striving for early detection, treatment, and intervention to restore physical and mental health.
Early Optimization Management for High-Risk Infants: For perinatal high-risk infants, internationally recognized neuropsychological assessment methods such as General Movements (GMs) assessment are used to comprehensively evaluate brain function, enabling early detection of motor delays and abnormalities in muscle tone, posture, and reflexes. Developmental pediatricians, nurses, special education teachers, and therapists work together to minimize developmental risks, promote compensatory recovery, enhance intellectual development, and effectively reduce disabilities like cerebral palsy and intellectual disability.
Diagnosis, Rehabilitation Assessment, and Treatment of Various Neurological and Motor Delays/Disorders: Diagnosis and treatment for conditions such as cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, brain injury, sequelae of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, sequelae of bilirubin encephalopathy, hydrocephalus, sequelae of traumatic brain injury, sequelae of encephalitis and cerebral hemorrhage, hearing impairment, language development delay, epilepsy, peripheral nerve injury, facial neuritis, and torticollis. Rehabilitation therapies include movement therapy, occupational therapy, language training, swallowing training, cognitive training, massage, pulse electrotherapy, medium-frequency pulse electrotherapy, neuromuscular electrotherapy, and hydrotherapy.
Neurological and Motor Development Assessments for All Age Groups: Comprehensive assessments include Neonatal Behavioral Neurological Assessment (NBNA), 52-Item Infant Neurological Motor Examination, General Movements (GMs) assessment, Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), posture reflex examination, Gesell Developmental Schedules, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and Preschoolers, activities of daily living assessment, perceptual and cognitive function assessment, other assessments (language, hearing), Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, and GM-FM and FM-FM motor assessments.
Dysmorphology Assessment, Genetic Testing, and Multidisciplinary Follow-Up Integrated Services for Children with Developmental Abnormalities: Currently, 3%–5% of the human population suffers from intellectual and developmental disabilities and congenital anomalies (including genetic metabolic diseases), yet there is a lack of dysmorphology assessment data for the Chinese population. A significant proportion of these children have genetic abnormalities. Drawing on the expertise of American medical genetics specialists, we conduct detailed phenotypic and genotypic assessments for these children to clarify etiological diagnoses, providing multidisciplinary integrated service recommendations for the children and their families. Simultaneously, we accumulate rehabilitation experience for children with special diseases to improve their quality of life, prevent more birth defects, and provide evidence for prenatal diagnosis.
Contact Information: 0431-81136457 (Ziqiang Campus) 81105066 (Yatai Campus)
