What skills are expected to emerge in children at different stages of development?
All babies and children differ in their rates of development, including in their acquisition of communication skills. The tables below are based on research and should be used as a general guide only. They have not been standardized on any group of children. Speech and language therapists use a range of detailed, standardized tests to investigate children’s language when necessary. The tables are reproduced from Children’s Communication Skills: from birth to five by Belinda Buckley (Routledge, 2003). Click on the links below for a general guide on children’s speech and language development at each stage.
