Does your child need Speech Therapy?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  How old is your child?

  • A.
    12 months
  • B.
    18 months
  • C.
    2 years
  • D.
    3 years
  • E.
    4 years
  • F.
    5 years
• 2.
  Is your child babbling and making sounds?

  • A.
    Yes - all the time
  • B.
    Some of the time
  • C.
    No - not at all
• 3.
  Is your child responding to sounds? eg. they look in response to a sound or voice

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
• 4.
  Can your child understand 10 words?

  • A.
    Yes - 10 words
  • B.
    5 - 10 words
  • C.
    1 - 5 words
  • D.
    No - no words
• 5.
  Does your child respond to their name?

  • A.
    Yes - they look at me when I say their name
  • B.
    No - they don't show any recognition and continue what they are doing
• 6.
  Does your child use gestures? (pointing, waving, actions)

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Somewhat
  • C.
    No - Not at all
• 7.
  Can your child understand around 50 words and some short phrases?

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Around 30 - 50 words
  • C.
    Around 10 - 30 words
  • D.
    Less than 10 words
• 8.
  Is your child saying words? (includes any consistent sound used for a word)

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
• 9.
  Is your child copying sounds and words? (eg. when you say 'hi' they can repeat it)

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - never
• 10.
  Can your child follow simple instructions? (eg. 'Pick up your teddy bear' or 'pass me that book')

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - never
• 11.
  Can your child point to familiar objects when named, or in books? (eg. can point to a dog when asked 'where's the dog')

  • A.
    Yes - Often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - Never
• 12.
  Is your child saying 50+ single words?

  • A.
    Yes - more than 50 words
  • B.
    Yes - about 50 words
  • C.
    No - less than 50 words
• 13.
  Is your child putting 2 words together? (eg. 'big truck')

  • A.
    Yes - 2 words or more together
  • B.
    No - only singular words
• 14.
  Can your child use a range of different sounds? (eg. different letter sounds, animal sounds, object sounds)

  • A.
    Yes - many sounds
  • B.
    Somewhat
  • C.
    No - not at all
• 15.
  Can your child follow 1 step instructions (eg. 'pick up the ball', 'get your shoes')

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No
• 16.
  Does your child change the tone of their voice to ask questions? (eg. higher pitch)

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - not at all
• 17.
  Is your child understood by others 75% of the time?

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
• 18.
  Can your child say 4 - 5 word sentences?

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
• 19.
  Can your child ask wh questions? (who, what, where, when, why?)

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Somewhat
  • C.
    No
• 20.
  Can your child follow 2 step instructions? (eg. Pick up the ball and put it in the box)

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - never
• 21.
  Can your child understand simple questions? (eg. 'where is your hat? or 'is it raining outside?')

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No
• 22.
  Can your child answer most questions related to their day? (eg. what did you eat for lunch today?)

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No
• 23.
  Can your child answer questions related to a book? (eg. what happened to the boy in the story?)

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - never
• 24.
  Can your child use long sentences, including words such as 'and' or 'because'?

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - never
• 25.
  Can your child describe past events? (eg. what happened on the weekend)

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - never
• 26.
  Is your child understood by other people 75-100% of the time?

  • A.
    Yes 75% - 100% of the time
  • B.
    More like 50 - 75% of the time
  • C.
    More like 25 - 50% of the time
  • D.
    Less than 25% of the time
• 27.
  Can your child understand time words (eg. before, now, later?)

  • A.
    Yes - often
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    No - never
• 28.
  Can your child recognise some letters, sounds and numbers?

  • A.
    Yes - many
  • B.
    Few
  • C.
    No - not at all
• 29.
  Can your child use sentences and be understood by all people?

  • A.
    Yes - all of the time
  • B.
    Often - most of the time
  • C.
    No - not often
• 30.
  Can your child use verbs or action words? (eg. jump, run, skip)

  • A.
    Yes - many
  • B.
    Somewhat - a few
  • C.
    No - not at all
• 31.
  Can your child make most sounds? (except r, zh and th) eg. 'red' pronounced as 'wed'

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
  • C.
    Unsure

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  No Concern

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  At this stage, your child is reaching their speech and communication milestones for their age group and there is no need to engage a Speech Pathologist. However, if you have any concerns, you are welcome to speak with our therapist to discuss further and seek our professional opinion.
• 2.
  Yes - Speech Therapy may be beneficial

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  While all children develop at different rates, your child seems to be missing some of their speech and communication milestones according to their age group. It would be beneficial to consider engaging a Speech Pathologist to help get your child on track. Speak with our therapist about how we may be able to support your child.