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Consult
the Glossary
for an Explanation of Terms
Cognitive
Skills
- Knows
his/her last name, sex, name of street on which he/she lives,
and parts of several
nursery rhymes.
- Stays
with one activity for eight or nine minutes.
- Sings
songs.
Pragmatic
Skills
- Enjoys speaking without avoidance or embarrassment.
- Uses language as a tool.
- Takes turns in conversation.
- Maintains topic.
Semantic
Skills
- Understands
concepts of "one," "many,'' "big,"
"little," "same," "different,"
"empty,"
"full," "clean," "dirty,"
etc.
- Understands
concepts of time such as "night" and "day".
- Uses words
to relate observations, ideas and relationships.
- Exhibits
an expanding vocabulary of up to 900 words.
Phonetic
Skills
- Produces
speech which is 90% understandable.
- Produces
most consonant sounds correctly.
- Includes
final consonants on words, e.g., hat duck;
may delete weak syllables, e.g.,
[efant] for elephant .
- Only occasionally
repeats or hesitates as in "ma-ma-ma-mom."
Syntactic
Skills
- Obeys
prepositional phrases such as "put the block under
the chair" and follows two-part
commands, e.g.,"put the doll in the bed."
- Understands
and uses plurals, e.g., "blocks," "dogs;"
pronouns, e.g., "I, me, you, he, she,
it, him, her;" and possessives, e.g., "girl's."
- Retells
a story or relates an idea to someone using short simple
sentences.
- Uses three
to five word sentences.
- Asks simple
questions, e.g., "What + doing?", "Where?",
"Who?"
- Uses "because"
to join two sentences.
If your child
is not showing the above speech, language, and related skills,
a consultation is recommended with a licensed speech and language
pathologist who can provide you with suggestions which may
prevent a communication problem from developing, determine
if a screening test or in-depth diagnostic testing is needed
at this time, and/or provide you with possible funding sources
if treatment is needed.
Make
an appointment for a consultation.
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