Milestones
What are typical speech milestones for a 2-month-old?
Cries for different needs
Makes cooing and gurgling sounds
What is a strategy you can use to help develop language in 2-8-month-olds?
say words like “mama” “dada”
Lullabies
Repeating the sounds your infant makes
How can parents assess their child's language skills at home?
Monitor response to sounds
Track frequency of vocalizations
Note variety of sounds produced
Document parent-child interactions
At what age do children typically start using two-word phrases?
18months-2years/ 24 months
What is one strategy you can use to help promote oral development in 9-15-month-olds?
Talk to them
read books
play games (peekaboo)
encourage the child to help with home tasks
expand the child's sentences
What is one-way parents can document their child's oral language development?
Regular progress monitoring
Video recording sessions
Developmental checklists
Describe the language skills of a 4-year-old.
typically knows around 1,000 to 2,000 words or even more.
Construct longer sentence (4 to 5 words in a sentence)
can engage in a more complex conversation, staying on topic and ask follow up questions.
What is one direct intervention that helps promote oral language in children?
play-based therapy
parent coaching
speech sound activities
social communication games
What is the commonly used assessment tools schools use for students entering pre-k?
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3)