Babe don't say so
Responsive Behaviors
Communication milestone Infant
Communication Milestone Toddler
Just about anything
100

sounds like the infant is trying to talk are referred to as (with pitch changes, pausing, intonation)

Jargon

100

Dad on floor, looking eye to eye is .....

Being face to face

100

Child pointing to object and vocalizing demonstrates what milestone?

Intentionality

100

idiosyncratic word-like production that children use that is not like the adult form

Phonetically consistent forms (PCFs)

100

children's MLU about the same as adults at what age

6

200

consists of repeating consonant-vowel pairs, as in “ma ma ma

Reduplicated babbling

200

A parent  with a game or toy will sometimes need to encourage the child to learn to

Take turns

200

First word usually occurs by

12 months

200

Children typically suppress the majority of phonological processes by age

3

200

perceive /k/ and /l/ as two distinct phonemes-  drawing a boundary between the two sounds -this is known as

Categorical perception

300

Sounds of distress, comfort, burping, coughing are know as

Reflexive vocalizations

300

The dad says 'Yes, that is a big, black dog " after the child points and says "Doggie" is an example of

Expanding and extending the child's utterance

300

6 months to 1 year there is more interest in looking at and manipulating objects around them. THey also begin shift the attention of the objects to another person.   THis is the development of....

Joint attention and reference

300

One language content and one language use milestone at stage of toddlerhood

Content- word learning strategies, (Whole object biasis, taxonomic principles, mutual exclusivity etc.

Use- Discourse functions (requesting info, providing,info, social exchange Etc.)

        Conversational skill- going back and forth, but cannot sustain more than 1-2 turns

300

Gesture that indicates a precise referent and has stable meaning across different contexts, such as waving “bye-bye.”

Referential gesture

400

After reflexive sounds, the next earliest to emerge are

Cooing and laughter

400

While in a store the mother says "Ball" while holding the ball "Doll" while holding the doll is an example of

Labeling

400

Features of IDS

higher pitch, exaggerated contours, slower speech, lower MLU, fewer clauses, more receptions, more questions

400

Syntax at this time is generally a sentence like- Doggie eat.  This is know as 

Telegraphic speech

400

Fast mapping problem and how it is solved

knowing what word is being referred to

solved by in context learning and/or word learning strategies 

500

Emerges around 4-6 months

Vocal play

500

Mom picks up pot and sits on the floor with her daughter and pretends to cook with her,  THis is an example of

Following the child's lead

500

Criteria for the judgement of a true word

Said with intention

Closely resembles the adult form

Used consistently 

500


The 50-word mark usually co-occurs, with the appearance of children’s first 

Grammatical morphemes

500

One pro

One con of ■MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories

Parents over / under report

SLP is seeing the child one time, may be bad day for child, may not like the place being tested etc.