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Consult
the Glossary
for an Explanation of Terms
Cognitive
Skills
- Understands cause and effect, consequences.
- States birthday and address.
- Stays with one activity for 15-20 minutes.
- Uses complicated reasoning.
- Demands increasingly detailed explanation until the adult is unable to answer.
Pragmatic
Skills
- Expresses his/her feelings verbally.
- Shows interest in things being funny.
Semantic
Skills
- Classifies
objects by their form, color, use, or composition, e.g.,
"You eat with a fork." "A fork is made of
metal."
- Knows
concepts "more" and "less."
- Describes
person, place, or thing using attributes.
- Names
a time of day associated with an activity.
- Recites
days of the week and names "penny," "nickle"
and "dime."
- Understands
and uses more words than you can count (uses 2000; understands
6000), and continues to ask the meaning of new words.
Phonetic
Skills
- Uses all speech sounds correctly with the possible exception of /r/.
Syntactic
Skills
- Relates
fanciful stories.
- Answers
questions about a story and its plot.
- Comprehends
all question types including "How many."
- Comprehends
complex questions related to remote events.
- Uses a
sentence length of six to eight words.
- Uses grammatically
correct sentences. Can use complex verbs such as "could
have been," "will be going," etc.
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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