Schedule of growing skills.

[QueenOfTheMadhouse]

Hi, my son is having this test done in a couple of weeks. He is 14 months old, what will they be expecting him to be able to do? Has anyone had this test before on such a young child?

My ds had a schedule of growing skills done at 7 months and at 6 month intervals.

They look at different areas of development -
hearing and language,
speech and language(babbling, any words, understanding)
gross motor/locomotor(sitting, crawling, rolling, walking)
fine moto/manipulativer (pincer grip, holding crayon, holding small bricks)
social communication (eye contact, smiles, shared interaction)
self care (feeding, drinking, getting dressed)

they will ask you questions about what your ds can do, and milestones, and have some toys for your ds to play with - bricks, shapesorter, cups etc. They score on a sheet, and work out a developmental age in each area.

I think that is about it, but if you have any questions ask!

We are having one done today! My dd is 2.10. She had one done at 24 months as well, at the end of it they give you the score sheet that shows where your dc is behind/ahead/on target in certain areas. At 24 months my dd had to build a tower of bricks , point out pictures in a book, play with a doll, do a puzzle, pegboard, then I got asked questions about what she could do in certain areas. It takes about an hour. Last time I felt it was very accurate in what they said she was behind on however other people have said they aren't that accurate so depends how good your HV is I think

How did it go chundle? What will they expect of him language wise? And socially? I'm clueless! He's bablling a lot at the moment and although he doesn't use any words spontaneously I have managed on a few occasions to get him to repeat 'say ta' and 'oh no'.

• Babbling

I've started another thread entitled ' What do these results tell me' with my results on there. They should prob only expect him to be babbling so I wouldn't worry too much

language wise: they will propably not expect a lot in terms of expressive language (i.e. saying things) but will rather look at his receptive language (i.e. what he actually understands). and they will probaboy want to know how he is communicating (e.g. pointing).

Oh dear, well he understands no, so that's something...