Checklists for concerns about speech and language Dec 17 Written By Andie Schneider Checklist for Speech and Language Development: 1-2 Years Expressive Language If your child displays any of the following symptoms, he/she may be presented with an expressive language delay. Please speak to your teacher, GP or Speech Pathologist to book a Speech and Language Assessment. Can your child: Use single words often and is starting to combine two words. Communicate his/her needs using single words, pointing and gesturing. Identify common items such as 'bottle', 'dog' and 'ball". Use negatives such as 'no' lmitate familiar words. Initiate simple games by pulling your hand or pointing to toys. Request for 'more'. Receptive Language Can your child: Answer naming questions e.g. 'What's, this?'. Understand simple instructions with gestures e.g. 'Give me the ball". Take turns and play happily with others. Point to pictures in books. Respond to his/her name. Turn his/her head to locate new sounds. Point to common objects in books/pictures e.g. 'ball", "bird ". Speech Sounds If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Can your child clearly produce the following sounds? /p/ /b/ /t/ /m/ Stuttering If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Repeats words e.g., "Wh,…Wh... Where is it?" Prolongs words e.g., "Wwherre..." Blocks words e.g. "Wh is it?" Voice If your child shows these signs, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Voice is husky, hoarse, too low/high in volume or runs out of breath whilst talking. Thank you! Checklist for Speech and Language Development: 3-4 Years Expressive Language If your child displays any of the following symptoms, he/she may be presented with an expressive language delay. Please speak to your teacher, GP or Speech Pathologist to book a Speech and Language Assessment. Can your child: Use sentences to ask questions, answer questions, describe events and make comments. Use basic pronouns such as 'he' and 'she'. Use regular plurals and verb tenses e.g. 'two cars', 'I walked. Use a variety of words types including determiners (a, the), prepositions, regular verbs, adjectives and nouns. Ask 'who' and 'why' questions. Receptive Language Can your child: Remember something that happened in his/her day. Identify emotions in pictures. Identify common household items, animals and sea animals. Recall and repeat 6-8 word sentences using repetition. Follow 1-2 part instructions using 'all', 'next to', 'before' and 'big' concepts e.g. 'Put the ball next to the bin' Respond to 'who', 'what' and 'where' questions. Speech Sounds If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Can your child clearly produce the following sounds? /p/ /b/ /f/ /t/ /d/ /w/ /k/ /g/ /y/ Stuttering If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Repeats words e.g., "Wh,…Wh... Where is it?" Prolongs words e.g., "Wwherre..." Blocks words e.g. "Wh is it?" Voice If your child shows these signs, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Voice is husky, hoarse, too low/high in volume or runs out of breath whilst talking. Child's Name First Name Last Name Thank you! Andie Schneider
Checklists for concerns about speech and language Dec 17 Written By Andie Schneider Checklist for Speech and Language Development: 1-2 Years Expressive Language If your child displays any of the following symptoms, he/she may be presented with an expressive language delay. Please speak to your teacher, GP or Speech Pathologist to book a Speech and Language Assessment. Can your child: Use single words often and is starting to combine two words. Communicate his/her needs using single words, pointing and gesturing. Identify common items such as 'bottle', 'dog' and 'ball". Use negatives such as 'no' lmitate familiar words. Initiate simple games by pulling your hand or pointing to toys. Request for 'more'. Receptive Language Can your child: Answer naming questions e.g. 'What's, this?'. Understand simple instructions with gestures e.g. 'Give me the ball". Take turns and play happily with others. Point to pictures in books. Respond to his/her name. Turn his/her head to locate new sounds. Point to common objects in books/pictures e.g. 'ball", "bird ". Speech Sounds If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Can your child clearly produce the following sounds? /p/ /b/ /t/ /m/ Stuttering If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Repeats words e.g., "Wh,…Wh... Where is it?" Prolongs words e.g., "Wwherre..." Blocks words e.g. "Wh is it?" Voice If your child shows these signs, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Voice is husky, hoarse, too low/high in volume or runs out of breath whilst talking. Thank you! Checklist for Speech and Language Development: 3-4 Years Expressive Language If your child displays any of the following symptoms, he/she may be presented with an expressive language delay. Please speak to your teacher, GP or Speech Pathologist to book a Speech and Language Assessment. Can your child: Use sentences to ask questions, answer questions, describe events and make comments. Use basic pronouns such as 'he' and 'she'. Use regular plurals and verb tenses e.g. 'two cars', 'I walked. Use a variety of words types including determiners (a, the), prepositions, regular verbs, adjectives and nouns. Ask 'who' and 'why' questions. Receptive Language Can your child: Remember something that happened in his/her day. Identify emotions in pictures. Identify common household items, animals and sea animals. Recall and repeat 6-8 word sentences using repetition. Follow 1-2 part instructions using 'all', 'next to', 'before' and 'big' concepts e.g. 'Put the ball next to the bin' Respond to 'who', 'what' and 'where' questions. Speech Sounds If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Can your child clearly produce the following sounds? /p/ /b/ /f/ /t/ /d/ /w/ /k/ /g/ /y/ Stuttering If your child can't produce any of these below sounds, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Repeats words e.g., "Wh,…Wh... Where is it?" Prolongs words e.g., "Wwherre..." Blocks words e.g. "Wh is it?" Voice If your child shows these signs, consider speaking to a Speech Pathologist. Voice is husky, hoarse, too low/high in volume or runs out of breath whilst talking. Child's Name First Name Last Name Thank you! Andie Schneider
