Tips to Help Determine if Your Child Needs Help
Do you have questions related to your child’s development in the following areas?
- Motor
- Thinking/Problem solving
- Language/Communication
- Social or emotional
- Self help/adaptive
If so, take a few minutes to read through the Developmental Checklist below. If you have any questions regarding your child’s development, please contact HCEI at 928-776-9285.
- Month 1:
- Does s/he look at your face while you’re in direct line of vision?
- Month 2:
- Does s/he smile and coo?
- Month 3:
- Does s/he follow a moving object with eyes?
- Does s/he hold head up while lying on tummy?
- Month 4:
- Will s/he hold a rattle?
- Does s/he laugh aloud?
- Month 5:
- Can s/he reach for and hold objects?
- Does s/he smile at mirror images?
- Month 6:
- Does s/he babble and make sounds?
- Does s/he turn toward sounds?
- Will s/he sit up with little support?
- Does s/he sleep all night?
- Can s/he roll over?
- Month 7:
- Can s/he transfer an object from one hand to another?
- Can s/he sit momentarily without support?
- Does s/he imitate speech sounds?
- Month 8:
- Can s/he sit independently for about 5 minutes?
- Can s/he grasp objects with thumb and two fingers?
- Does s/he grasp for a toy that is out of reach?
- Month 9:
- Can s/he say “mama”, “dada” or other two syllable combinations?
- Does s/he respond to “no” most of the time?
- Does s/he stop when name is called?
- Does s/he look for toys after they fall from the high chair?
- Month 10:
- Can s/he pull himself up at the side of a chair or couch?
- Can s/he pick up a cheerio with each hand using index finger and thumb?
- Does s/he enjoy food with lumps in it?
- Month 11:
- Can s/he crawl on hands & knees from place-to-place?
- Month 12:
- Can s/he wave “bye-bye”?
- Can s/he walk with one hand held?
- Can s/he use two meaningful words?
- Can s/he help with dressing by extending arms and legs?
- Can s/he feed self a cracker?
- Month 15:
- Can s/he walk on own?
- Can s/he tell you what s/he wants by pointing and grunting?
- Can s/he identify one body part?
- Does s/he shake head “no”?
- Month 18:
- Can s/he build a tower of three blocks?
- Does s/he say 8-15 words?
- Does s/he ask “what’s that?”
- Can s/he make spontaneous scribbles when given pencil and paper?
- Can s/he manipulate a toy with both hands together?
- Month 21:
- Does s/he point to pictures when named?
- Does s/he understand “come here”, “sit down”, or other simple commands.
- Does s/he put on or take off some clothes?
- Month 24:
- Can s/he walk up and down stairs holding rail or wall?
- Does s/he use 2 word utterances?
- Can s/he run? Does s/he understand “one”, “big”, “little”?
- Does s/he refer to self by name?
- Can s/he refer to self by name?
- Can s/he identify 3 body parts?
- Month 30:
- Can s/he jump lifting both feet of the ground?
- Does s/he use pronouns (I, me, mine) to refer to self?
- Can s/he build a tower of six blocks?
- Can s/he answer simple questions, name one color?
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