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For Children aged 18 – 24 months Your child is still very young and developing very fast. In the first instance, if you have any concerns you should speak to your health visitor or nursery. They may reassure you that everything is going well or they may give you some advice or tips or they may suggest some groups where you and your child can go to get some ideas or they may suggest a referral. Area of Concern: What should you do? Understanding language Child has difficulty understanding simple spoken language (i.e. when adult using no gesture or pointing) 18 months child cannot point to at least 1 body part (e.g. nose, hair) 21 months child cannot select at least 3 familiar objects from a small choice By 24 months child cannot select at least 5 familiar objects from a small choice Speak to your Health Visitor or child’s nursery. They will have some good ideas to help you to develop your child’s language skills. They may also suggest a group at Children’s Centre. REFER Expressive Language Child has very limited expressive language i.e. 18 months - has less than 8 words 21 months - has less than 20 words 24 months - has at least 40 words Speak to your Health Visitor or child’s nursery. They will have some good ideas to help you to develop your child’s talking. They may also suggest you attend a group at a Children’s Centre. REFER Play skills Child mouths or bangs toys together rather than using toys to pretend (e.g. putting a hairbrush in their mouth rather than brushing their own hair) Speak to your Health Visitor or child’s nursery. They will have some good ideas to help you to develop your child’s play REFER Use of language/communication skills Child communicates on his / her own terms i.e. mostly to ask for items. It is very difficult to draw child’s attention to things Speak to your health visitor or nursery for ideas to help development. REFER