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RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE DISORDERS
About Receptive Language
Receptive language refers to the understanding
of spoken, written and gestured language. Listening
and language understanding begin at birth and
continue to develop up through your child's
school years. Having a solid foundation in receptive
language helps pave the way for building strong
and age appropriate expressive language skills.
A child may demonstrate understanding of language
by responding correctly to age-appropriate questions,
object or action names, directions, and connected
language. When a child is having difficulty
in receptive language, he may appear to not
hear you, may show a blank or confused expression
when you are talking, may ask to have directions
repeated, or may appear to be misbehaving, by
not following spoken directions.
Here are just a few questions
that you may want to ask yourself if you are
unsure about your younger child's receptive
language development;
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Does your
child turn towards a sound when it is made?
( Birth -5 months)
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Can your
child respond "Yes" or "No"
appropriately to questions? (10 months)
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Can your
child identify body parts when you ask him
to "find your_____?"
- Identifies one body part (18 months)
- Identifies 3 body parts (20 months)
- Identifies 5 body parts (22 months)
- Identifies 7 body parts (2.6 to 3 years)
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Can your
child point to objects, pictures, or actions
when named?
- Identifies familiar objects ( 1.0 to 1.6
years)
- Identifies familiar pictures (1.6 to 2.0
years)
- Identifies actions in pictures (2 years)
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Can your
child follow directions of increasing length
and complexity?
- One step direction (1.0 to 1.6 years)
- Simple Two to three step directions (2-3
years)
- Complex/Multiple step directions ( 4+
years)
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Does your
child demonstrate understanding of basic
concepts? Basic concepts include: spatial
(e.g., on off, in, out), descriptive (color,
size, shape), quantity (i.e. some, few,
none)? ( 2 years and up)
- Can your child make inferences (3.6 to
4.0 years)?
- Can your child answer specific questions
after listening to a story? (3 to 4 years)
- Can your child retell a story and sequence
events in the correct order? (4+ years)
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