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Produces reflexive sounds: This me4ns th4t the child creates sounds of
both discomfort and veget4tive sounds. Axl burps after feedings and
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Startles in response to loud sound: This means the child responds to loud, unexpected sounds. Axl wakes up and cries when things are dropped in the nursery.
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Begins to attend to social partners: This means the child makes looks at and pays attention to social partners. Axl will look at his sister or parents when they talk to him.
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Mouths objects: This means that the child places objects in their mouth. Axl often will hold 4 toy and place it in his mouth.
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Distinguishes own languages from nonnative language: This means that the child can hear the difference between English and other languages he may hear. When they go places, Axl tends to ignore sounds from nonEnglish speakers and prefers to listen to his parents and their English speaking communication partners.
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Aware of strangers and unfamiliar situations: This means that the child recognizes familiar communication partners and locations. Axl often looks at new people when the family takes trip to the grocery store.
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Produces vowel sounds and glides: This means that the child can produce isolated vowel sounds as well as elongated versions of the sounds. When Axl wants attention or is playing with his mom, he makes “eeeee” sounds and smiles.
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Recognizes own name: This means the child can hear their name and know it refers to themselves. When his family calls him, Axl will turn towards the sound.
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Attempts to imitate gestures: This means the child tries to recreate
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Produces reduplicated babbling: This means the child can produce repeated consonant-vowel pairs. Axl likes to say “ba ba ba” when he
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Engages in joint attention: This means that the child is able to coordinate on an object with her social partner. Axl and his sister take turns playing with the spring doorstop and giggling.
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Produces non reduplicated babbling: This means the child can produce non-repeating consonant vowel pairs. Axl now s4ys “ba da doo ma” when playing with his mom.
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Looks in correct place for objects out of sight: This means the child tries to find objects when they are hidden or not in the correct place. Axl knows his dad keeps his keys in his pocket and tries to find them to play with them.
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Engages in intentional communication: This means the child is now using specific vocalizations to communicate specific intentions to their social partners. Axl often says “ba ba” to mean his bottle when he is hungry.
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Produces first word: The child can produce a word with clear intention, that follows the adult pronunciation, and that the child can use
consistently and in the correct situations. Axl calls the family cat a “cat”, and the kitten at his godparentʼs house a “cat”, he also calls his
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This means that the child uses pointing to draw attention to specific objects. When the cat walks into the room, Axl points and says “cat!” So his family knows that there is a cat in their midst.
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Produces Jargon: This means that the child can produce babbling that consists of at least 2 syllables and has two different consonants. Axl can now say “mah-bee” when he plays with his mom.
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Understands 7 words: The child can understand the meaning of seven different words produced by the adults around them. Axl knows bottle, cat, mommy, daddy, sissy, nana, and book, and will look in the direction of the referent if spoken to him