What should I expect from my Child?
While all children are different, we tend
to look at the progression of a childs' speech and language skills as a
gauge to determine the potential need for therapy. Please see some
general guidelines below. If you have questions or doubts about your
childs' speech and language progress or have concerns about their hearing,
we encourage you to seek the advice of a physician or contact us.
12 months
• Responds to environmental sounds
• Understands fifty words
• Gestures to get an item
• Babbles while looking at a book
• Attempts to imitate new sounds or words
18 months
• Has 10 spoken words
• Shakes head yes/no to some questions
• Points to a few body parts
• Imitates animal sounds
• Refers to self by name
• Says “no”
2 years
• Has a vocabulary of 100-200 spoken words
• Imitates words heard in conversation
• Speech is 60-70% intelligible to others,
some minor speech errors are present.
• Combines 2-3 words to form phrase
• Follows one-step directions
• Knows simple yes/no questions
• Knows name
3 years
• Vocabulary of 450 words
• Combines 3-5 word phrases
• Uses pronouns such as “I, you and me.”
• Speech is 90% intelligible to unfamiliar
listener
• Child is adding more final consonant
sounds
• Following 1-2 step directions
If these skills are not seen, please talk
with your primary care physician or call us at (907) 562-4550.
