
Uncontractible Auxiliary (She was laughing).Present progressive – ing (Example crying).Uses words to relate ideas and observations.By age two, should be using words more often than gestures.Building a rich representation of new words is important.Vocabulary depends on what is most meaningful to the child.Hears and understands most of what is said at home and at schoolĮxpressive Language Milestones How a child communicates (expresses himself).Attends to a short story and answers questions about it.Hears you when you call from another room.Recognizes words even when the object is not present.Listens to and enjoys hearing stories for longer periods of time.Follows directions containing adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.Points to pictures in a book when named.Listens to simple stories, songs, and rhymes.Should be consistently responding to name (by 9 months).Undestanding / Comprehension Milestones.It is important to assess other contributing factors such as attention span to distinguish between motivation, inability to follow direction, and / or lack of vocabulary/concept knowledge.Receptive Language Milestones Receptive Language Here is a nice article on American Speech and Hearing Association’s website called Late blooming or Language problem? After reading this post, if you have any concerns talk to your pediatrician or a speech pathologist.Ĭlick here for details on the Causes, Diagnosis, Signs / Symptoms, Treatment and Prognosis Speech, and Language Disorders. We have put together some milestones and red flags for you to investigate. A sound substitution at 2 years old may be developmentally appropriate but the same error at 4-5 years old would need remediation. Please note that kids develop at different rates and there is a developmental progression to speech development. Language or Speech Delay: when a child’s speech and/or language is developing in the right sequence, but at a slower rate than norms.

Language Disorder: when a child has trouble understanding others ( receptive language disorder) or sharing thoughts, ideas and feelings completely ( expressive language disorder) Speech Disorder: when a child is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently or has problems with his/her voice. Parents often ask, “Is my child a late bloomer with a speech delay or should I be concerned about a speech disorder?”īefore I answer that question, let’s take a step back and clarify some important terms.

It has 3 components-receptive, expressive, and visual language. Language is a system of symbols through which humans communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas.Speech delay is delay in the acquisition of spoken language.
