Child Success Center eNewsletter

The Child Success CenterĆ
wishes you and your family a Happy Summer!

Summer is a great opportunity to spend time with your children. As a parent, you are the primary observer of your child's early developmental growth, language, and learning behaviors.

Below are a few articles containing tips on how to help your child make the most of summertime!

1. Read Every Day
2. Use Math Every Day
3. Get Outside and Play
4. Write Every Week
5. Do a Good Deed

If you have any concerns regarding your child's developmental growth, language development, or learning behaviors, we can help.

Our highly trained and certified multidisciplinary team of speech and language, occupational, and educational therapists at the Child Success CenterĆ is your resource for development and learning concerns. We are here to support you.

Call me at (310) 899-9597 or e-mail me at Melissa.idelson@childsuccesscenter.com for support.

Below you will find more information on speech and language development in children including a milestones chart.

Do you have concerns about your child s ability to communicate? We want you to know you re not alone.

Communication has many components and all serve to increase the way children learn about the world around them (Graves, 2006).

It is estimated that communication disorders affect 1 of every 10 people in the United States (Graves, 2006).

Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan, Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders, and the world's foremost authority on clinical work with infants and young children with developmental and emotional problems, believes early intervention is the key to preventing more serious secondary problems.

As a parent, you know your child better than anyone. You are in the best position to observe your child s social, emotional, and communication behaviors.

If you have concerns, trust your instincts and seek help by talking to a speech and language therapist at the Child Success Center. The sooner you identify a developmental delay, the sooner you can help your child on the path to success.

Age	Language Level
Birth	Cries
2-3 months	Cries differently in different circumstances; coos in response to you
3-4 months	Babbles randomly
5-6 months	Babbles rhythmically
6-11 months	Babbles in imitation of real speech, with expression
12 months	Says 1-2 words; recognizes name; imitates familiar sounds; understands simple instructions
18 months	Uses 5-20 words, including names
Between 1 and 2 years	Says 2-word sentences; vocabulary is growing; waves goodbye; makes sounds of familiar animals; uses words (like more ) to make wants known; understands no
Between 2 and 3 years	Identifies body parts; calls self me instead of name; combines nouns and verbs; has a 450 word vocabulary; uses short sentences; matches 3-4 colors, knows big and little; likes to hear same story repeated; forms some plurals
Between 3 and 4 years	Can tell a story; sentence length of 4-5 words; vocabulary of about 1000 words; knows last name, name of street, several nursery rhymes
Between 4 and 5 years	Sentence length of 4-5 words; uses past tense; vocabulary of about 1500 words; identifies colors, shapes; asks many questions like why? and who?
Between 5 and 6 years	Sentence length of 5-6 words; vocabulary of about 2000 words; can tell you what objects are made of; knows spatial relations (like on top and far ); knows address; understands same and different; identities a penny, nickel and dime; counts ten things; knows right and left hand; uses all types of sentences