Expected Development Tick Monitor Tick Request for SALT Involvement Tick Use the Pathway for Late talking 2 year little understanding of the olds to identify whether a child meets name of familiar objects, actions Understands lots of words and criteria for SALT referral (concerns with and instructions e.g.: Where’s the simple instructions e.g.: stammer, voice, eating drinking and car? where’s your shoes? Show swallowing, complex needs, Using no words or a small number me your nose. deterioration in skills or significant of single words Uses a range of single words difficulty engaging with parents/carers). Not copying words or phrases and puts 2 words together Also consider referral to GP CHILD SHOULD ACCESS ‘Let’s e.g.: juice’ jump’ has attended Let’s Get Talking ‘more ‘ben Get Talking’ Group group and made little progress (after period of 2-3 months post group) Child is understood by family members around 50% of the Alongside good developing language: time. Very few of the early consonant sounds Is understood by main carer around Children miss ends off developing 50% of the time but other family words at this stage only using vowel sounds members often cannot understand. Sounds to expect at this Reduced number of speech sounds stage: p,b,m,n,t,d, used Sounds emerging by 3 years: w,s,f,k,g If Monitoring language: If Monitoring how clear the child’s speech is: Review Date: CHILD SHOULD ACCESS Get Talking’ Group Strategies / Activities to use: Progress made: ‘Let’s Action needed: 3 years
Expected Development Tick Monitor Tick Request for SALT Involvement Tick Understands lots of words and simple instructions e.g.: where’s your shoes? Show me your nose. Uses a range of single words and puts 2 words together e.g.: ‘more juice’ ‘ben jump’ little understanding of the name of familiar objects, actions and instructions e.g.: Where’s the car? Using no words or a small number of single words Not copying words or phrases CHILD SHOULD ACCESS ‘Let’s Get Talking’ Group Use the Pathway for Late talking 2 year olds to identify whether a child meets criteria for SALT referral (concerns with stammer, voice, eating drinking and swallowing, complex needs, deterioration in skills or significant difficulty engaging with parents/carers). Also consider referral to GP has attended Let’s Get Talking group and made little progress (after period of 2-3 months post group) Child is understood by family members around 50% of the time. Children miss ends off words at this stage Sounds to expect at this stage: p,b,m,n,t,d, Sounds emerging by 3 years: w,s,f,k,g Is understood by main carer around 50% of the time but other family members often cannot understand. Alongside good developing language: Very few of the early consonant sounds developing only using vowel sounds Reduced number of speech sounds used If Monitoring language: CHILD SHOULD ACCESS ‘Let’s Get Talking’ Group If Monitoring how clear the child’s speech is: Strategies / Activities to use: Review Date: Progress made: Action needed: 3 years
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