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Through Dana's parent-training workshops, caregivers are taught to recognize the central role that routine plays in speech-pattern modification.
Language Milestones
 By 2 years, a child should:
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- Understand more than s/he can say
- Correctly answer "Yes/No" Questions
- Point at body parts and familiar objects
- Respond to pictures of familiar people and objects
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- Have a vocabulary of about 200-300 words
- Start to use 2- and 3- word phrases
- Speak in order to request (e.g., "I want milk"), command others ("Come here"), ask questions ("What's that?"), and express feelings, interests, and desires ("I see cat")
- Show plurals (shoes), possessive -'s (John's hat), and early describing words (hot, big)
- Use pronouns: you me, my, mine
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By 3 years, a child should:
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Expressive |
- Put objects in, on, under when asked
- Understand one versus all
- Correctly answer "Where", "What", and "Who" questions
- Follow two-step directions (e.g., Get your shoes and bring them to me)
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- Have a vocabulary of about 900-1000 words
- Use 3+ words in a sentence
- Mark past tense –ed, even if it is mis-used (walked, gived)
- Use even more pronouns (they, he, she)
- Have an understandable conversation with an adult
- Ask "Who", "What", "Where" and "Why"
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By 4 years, a child should:
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- Follow 3-step directions (Get your shoes, put them on, and wait by the door)
- Understand and remember details from stories
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- Have a vocabulary of over 1500 words
- Use 4+ words in a sentence
- Use more complex sentences (e.g., "Today I saw a noisy bird")
- Tell you how they feel ("I'm hungry")
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