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Our detailed evaluations are designed to uncover your child's unique communication needs and lay the foundation for personalized therapy.
What are speech evaluations?
A speech evaluation is the first step in understanding your child's unique communication needs. Our comprehensive evaluations involve a detailed review of your child’s developmental history, paired with both standardized and informal assessments. We take the time to observe your child in various settings to gain a complete picture of their speech and language abilities. This thorough process allows us to identify specific areas of strength and challenge, ensuring that any recommendations for therapy are personalized and effective.
Schedule EvaluationSpeech Milestones by Age
Children develop at different speeds. The milestones listed below are when most children will achieve a certain skill.
7-12 months
- Enjoys games like peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake
- Turns and looks in direction of sounds
- Responds to own name
- Recognizes words. for common items such as “cup”, “shoe”, “book”
- Begins to respond to requests (e.g. “Give me”)
- Uses a large variety of sounds ain babbling
- Uses speech or non-crying sounds to get and keep attention
- Uses gestures to communicate (waving, holding arms to be picked up)
- Imitates different speech sounds
- Has 1-3 meaningful words (hi, dog, dada, mama)
2-3 years old
- Understands differences in meaning (“go-stop,” “in-on,” “big-little,” “up-down”)
- Follows 2-part commands (“Get the book and put it on the table”)
- Understands 500 – 900+ words
- Requests items by name
- Uses 2 – 4 word phrases
- Maintains topic over several conversational turns
- Uses k, g, f, t, d, and n sounds
- Produces 50 – 250+ words
- Is approximately 50 – 75% intelligible
4-5 years old
- Pays attention to a short story and answers simple questions about them
- Uses sentences of 4 – 8 words with adult-like grammar
- Tells stories that stay on topic
- Communicates easily with other children and adults
- Answers complex 2-part questions
- Is intelligible with strangers although some sound errors may persist
1-2 years old
- Asks and answers WH-questions (“Where kitty?” “What’s that?”)
- Puts two words together (“more cookie,” “no juice,” “mommy book”)
- Is approximately 25 -50% intelligible to strangers
- Understands “no”
- Points to body parts
- Gives a toy when asked
3-4 years old
- Understands function of objects
- Understands opposites
- Follows 2 and 3 part commands
- Answers simple “who?”, “what?”, “where?”, and “why?” questions
- Uses language to express emotion
- Relates recent events
- Uses mostly nouns and verbs
- Uses 4 – 5 word sentences
- Usually talks easily without repeating syllables or words
- Is approximately 80% intelligible
5-6 years old
- Accurately relays a story or an event
- Exchanges information and asks questions
- Uses sentences with details
Follows instructions given to a group - Asks how questions
- Begins to demonstrate sequencing abilities (days of the week)
- Answers open-ended questions (“What did you have for lunch today?”)