Communication and Language

Question 1

Visual preference for human face

Answer 1

Neonatal Period (1st 4 weeks)

Question 2

Mody movements in cadence with voice of other in social contact, beginning to smile

Answer 2

1 month

Question 3

Smiles on social contact, listens to voice and coos

Answer 3

2 months

Question 4

Sustained social contact, listens to music says “aah, ngah”

Answer 4

3 months

Question 5

laughs out loud, may show displeasure if social contact is broken, excited at sight of food

Answer 5

4 months

Question 6

Forms polysyllabic vowel sounds. Prefers mother, babbles, enjoys mirror, respons to changes in emotional contect of social contact

Answer 6

7 months

Question 7

Repetitive consonant sounds (“mama” “dada”) Responds to sounds of name, plays -eek-a-boo or pat-a-cake, waves bye-bye

Answer 7

10 months

Question 8

Says a few words besides “mama” “dada”. Plays simple ball game, makes postural adjustment to dressing

Answer 8

1 year

Question 9

jargons, follows simple command, may name a familiar object (ball), responds to his or her namme.

Answer 9

15 months

Question 10

Indicates some desires or needs by pointing; hugs parents

Answer 10

15 months

Question 11

10 words (average) names pictures, identifies 1 or more parts of body

Answer 11

18 months

Question 12

Feeds self, seeks help when in trouble, may complain when wet or soiled, kisses parent with pucker

Answer 12

18 months

Question 13

Puts 3 words together (subject, verb, object)

Answer 13

24 months

Question 14

handles spoon well, often tells about immediate experience, helps to undress, listens to stories when shown picture

Answer 14

24 months

Question 15

refers to self by pronoun “I”, knows full name

Answer 15

30 months

Question 16

Helps put things away, pretends in play

Answer 16

30 months

Question 17

knows age and sex, counts 3 objects correctly, repeats 3 numbers or a sentence of 6 syllables, most of speech intelligible to strangers

Answer 17

36 months

Question 18

counts 4 pennies accurately, tells story

Answer 18

48 months

Question 19

names 4 colors, repeats sentence of 10 syllables, counts 10 pennies correctly

Answer 19

Language

Question 20

Dresses and undresses, ask questions about meaning of words, engages in domestic role-playing

Answer 20

60 months

Question 21

Smiles in response to face, voice

Answer 21

1.5 months

More active social participant

Question 22

Monosyllable babble

Answer 22

6 months

Experimentation with sound, tactile sense

Question 23

Inhibits to “no”

Answer 23

7 months

responds to tone (nonverbal)

Question 24

Follows 1-step command with gesture

Answer 24

7 months

nonverbal communication

Question 25

Follows 1-step command without gesture

Answer 25

10 months | Verbal receptive language (e.g. "Give it to me")

Question 26

Says "mama" or "dada"

Answer 26

10 months | Expressive language

Question 27

Points to objects

Answer 27

10 months | Interactive communication

Question 28

Speaks real word

Answer 28

12 months | beginning of labeling

Question 29

Speaks 4-6 words

Answer 29

15 months | Acquisition of objects and personal names

Question 30

Speaks 10-15 words

Answer 30

18 months | Acquisition of objects and persona names

Question 31

Speaks 2-word sentences (e.g "Mommy shoe")

Answer 31

19 months | Beginning grammatization, corresponds with 50 word vocabulary

Question 32

Attunes to human voice. Develops differential recognition of parents' voices

Answer 32

Birth

Question 33

Cooing (runs of vowels), musical sounds (ooh-ooh, aah-aah)

Answer 33

2-3 months

Question 34

Babbling (mixing vowels and consonants together) (e.g. ba-ba-ba, da-da-da)

Answer 34

6 months

Question 35

Jargoning (babbling with mixed consonants, inflection, and cadence)

Answer 35

9-12 months | begins using mama, dada (nonspecific)

Question 36

1-3 words, mama and dada (specific)

Answer 36

12 months

Question 37

18 months

Answer 37

4-20 words

Question 38

Over 50 words. Two-word telegraphic sentences (mommy come)

Answer 38

2 years

Question 39

three word sentences | more than 75% of the child's speech should be intelligible

Answer 39

3 years