Speech
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Able to produce the following sounds: p, b, m, h, w, n
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Emerging sounds – k, d, t, g
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Leaves off the last sound in a word (“I” instead of “Ice)
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Produces sounds at the front of their mouth (“tar” for “car”)
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Understood by others 25%-50% of the time
Receptive Language (what a child understands)
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Identifies objects
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Points to a few body parts when named
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Follows 1-step (common) commands (kick the ball, hug the baby)
Expressive Language (what a child produces/says)
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Labels objects
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Produces 50 single words
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Puts 2-words together (eat cookie, more milk, etc)
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Begins to produce simple questions (Where daddy?, Go bye-bye?)
Fluency/Stuttering
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May repeat words once or twice (i.e., I see-I see a baby)
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Speech may include filers (um, uh, er)
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Pragmatics/Social Skills
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Follows simple directions with cues
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Waves bye
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Engages in parallel play
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Imitates adult behaviors
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Refers to self by name
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Exhibits verbal turn-taking
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Protest with “no”
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Engages in simple pretend play (i.e, talking on the phone)
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Practices intonation (the voice rising and falling in speech)
Literacy
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Recognizes certain books by their cover
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Likes to turn pages
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Attends to a book for 1-2 minutes
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Listens to simple stories
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Pretends to read books
Feeding
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Independent self-feeder
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Drinking from either a straw or sippy cup
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Consumes a diet with a variety of textures (crackers, vegetables, fruits, chicken, etc.)