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Answer each question "yes" or "no". If two or more
questions are answered "no", the child may have delayed communication
and would benefit from consultation and / or evaluation by a Speech-Language
Pathologist.
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Age
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Understanding
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Communication
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| 0-6 months |
- Smiles/laughs when looking at parent
- Responds to sounds with change in activity level, eye gaze or
turning head towards sound
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- Has different cries for help and attention
- Makes pleasurable sounds
- Repeats vowel sounds ("ee, ah, oo")
- Makes sound/gesture if wants action repeated
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| 12 months |
- Responds to name with vocalization, smile or eye gaze
- Looks/points at familiar people/pets when named
- Follows one word commands accompanied with gestures
- Responds to verbal "bye-bye" or "pat-a-cake"
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- Babbles ("gaba, baba") using several consonant sounds
- Imitates changes in pitch
- Imitates sounds
- 1-3 words (other than "mama, dada")
- Uses gestures for giving, showing, pointing
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| 18 months |
- Locates objects kept in a predictable place on request
- Understands 12+ familiar vocabulary words
- Follows 3 word directions ("push the truck")
- Points to several body parts
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- Names items to indicate wants ("cookie")
- Uses 10 words, usually nouns
- Uses "jabbering" that sounds like real speech
- Imitates words, some phrases
- Uses more than 5 consonant sounds (p, m, h, n, w, b, k, g, d,
t)
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| 2 years |
- Listens to songs/stories for 2-3 minutes
- Follows one part directions containing a preposition ("Put
the ball on the chair")
- Points to 4-5 major body parts
- Recognizes 5+ pictures in a book
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- Uses 2-3 word phrases and questions
- Uses 50 words
- Speech is understandable about 50% of the time
- Puts a series of 4+ actions together during play (feeding a
doll)
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| 3 years |
- Answers yes/no questions
- Identifies 3+ objects by function ("Which one do we sleep
in?")
- Distinguishes between "big" and "little"
- Identifies action in pictures ("Show me the girl who is
running.")
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- Has 200-500 word vocabulary
- Speech is understandable 80% of the time
- Uses 3-4 word sentences without jabbering
- Asks "who, what, where" questions
- Uses plurals, possessives, "ing", articles ("a,
the"), "is"
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| 4 years |
- Has number concept of 2
- Recognized 3-4 primary colors
- Follows 2-3 part directions containing "in, in back of,
next to, in front of"
- Understands comparison words ("bigger")
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- Has approximately 1,000 word vocabulary
- Speech is understandable 90% of the time (may not be able to
say l, r, ch, sh, s, z, v or j)
- Speaks in 4+ word complex sentences with clauses (and, if, because)
- Asks why, how and when questions
- Uses past tense
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| 5 years |
- Understands time concepts (night / day)
- Has number concept of 3
- Follows 3 part directions
- Asks meanings of words
- Understands description ("Whose hair is curly?")
- Listens to a story and answers questions about it
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- Has approximately 1500-1600 word vocabulary
- Speech is understandable 100% of the time, except for later
developing sounds (l, r, ch, sh, s, z, v or j)
- Speaks in 4-8 word complex sentences containing "when,
but, so"
- Can define words in terms of use ("What do you do with
a ____?")
- Answer "why" questions with a reason
- Tells familiar story using pictures
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