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 the child is showing one or more of the following:
Use this link to check communication milestones:
https://www.firstwords.ca/milestones
development.
Early communication assessment with children as young as 12-18 months is recommended if the 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 link to check communication milestones:
https://www.firstwords.ca/milestones