How do you know when your child might need to be evaluated?

Does your baby…

0-3 months                              

• Watch your face? Turn their head to sounds/voices? Producing some vowel sounds?

• Lifting their head while on tummy? Grasping for items at the center of his body? Bringing things to the mouth?

3-6  months                                                        

• Take turns with vocal play? Say a few consonants with vowels? Anticipate what comes next?,    

• Roll both ways? Sit with support? Push arms up while on tummy? Swat at toys?

 6-9 months                                                  

• Vocalize to get attention? Look for missing objects? Explore and use toys in a variety of ways

• Repeat the same consonant? Understands a few words? Willing to share space while in the same topic or activity? Respond to her name? Vocalize with eye contact?

• Sit in dependently? Crawl on hands and knees? Pull to knees?

• Hold his bottle? Move toy from one hand to another? Play with toys while sitting? Drink from an open cup with assistance?

 9-12 mos

• Play and imitates gestures? Understands cause/effect?  Show you a toy? Initiate a social game/peek a boo?

• Babble a variety of consonants? Point with accurate purpose? Understand 50 words? Produce one word (that is not mom or dad or names)?

• Use a correct index to thumb grasp? Wave/clap? Feed herself? Point with index finger?

• Pull to stand? Cruise? Stand for a moment?

Does your toddler….

12-15 months

• Play with items purposely (throw a ball, build blocks)?  Use more than one object together while playing? Initiate bringing toys to you?

• Say 10 words and use 10 gestures? Imitates silly sounds, adult sounding battle, follows one step with some assistance

• Walk/squat/get into standing position without support?

• Help push his arms and legs through for dressing? Scoops? Puts objects in containers?

 15 to 18 months                                                          

• Play pretend? Bring items to get help? Imitate play sounds?

• Say 20 to 50 words? which are 25% understandable? Point to identify common objects and body parts? Follow one step directions independently?

• Walk independently? Carry things while walki?

• Remove simple clothing/shoes? Feed self with spoon?

 18 to 24 months

• Play a variety of pretend ways? Watches another play? Combine toys to play in different ways?  

• Say 50 to 200 words? Combine words?  Produce 50% understandable? Use more words than gestures? Follows two step directions?

• Step over and up and down? Run (although may fall)

• Stack blocks? Imitate drawing a line? Begin to hold a writing utensil?