Speech/Language Development Checklists

I am a Hanen certified clinician and I support parents to facilitate their very young child's early communication development. 

 Early communication assessment with children as young as 12-18 months is recommended if your child is showing one or more of the following:

• not producing a variety of oral sounds by 12 months 
• not attempting to say part or full words  e.g. mm/milk, dada/daddy
• not using gestures {waving hi or bye, pointing to or reaching for items he/she desires which is out of reach (distal point), showing recognition of items  or pictures in a book (proximal point), showing items to others (clothing, toys), or imitation of motor actions}  
• showing little to no eye contact with familiar people(to show recognition of others and to attend to others when being spoken to)
• not responding to their own name consistently by 12 months of age
• relying on gestures instead of sounds or words to communicate but seems to understand well​ 

 
​Use this links below to check communication milestones including new research on Gestures and Actions with Objects for children 16 months of age:
 https://www.firstwords.ca/milestones
 https://babynavigator.com/16-gestures-by-16-months/
 https://firstwordsproject.com/16-actions-with-objects-by-16-months/