Statutory Speech Assessment Advice

from HAS

CHILD’S STRENGTHS AND NEEDS:

They exhibit the ability to follow simple commands, utilize

phrases effectively, and show proficiency in speech imitation,
particularly at the level of constructing simple sentences. This
reflecting a strong foundation in communication skills."

A. COMMUNICATION

RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE: Understanding of Language:

Current Level:

The child has made significant progress in language development, demonstrating

proficiency in the following areas:
1. Comprehension and Responsiveness: Effectively understands and
responds to simple questions, verbal prompts, and non-verbal cues,
indicating improved receptive and expressive language skills.
2. Auditory and Musical Engagement: Actively engages with sounds, music,
and speech, showcasing strong auditory processing and responsiveness to
rhythmic patterns.
3. Vocabulary and Object Recognition: Continues to expand vocabulary,
accurately identifying objects, body parts, and commonly used words,
enhancing communication.
4. Social and Emotional Awareness: Recognizes and appropriately responds
to emotions, facial expressions, and social cues, fostering better interaction
and engagement.
5. Visual and Joint Attention: Demonstrates improved focus, eye contact,
and shared attention in interactive activities, essential for learning and
communication.
 6. Early Sentence Formation and Expression: Begins to combine words
into short phrases, showing progress in sentence structure and overall
language development.
These milestones reflect the child's continued growth in both understanding and
expressing language, laying a strong foundation for further communication
development.
Targeted Goals:
1. Enhanced Social Communication:
o Engages in meaningful conversations with both peers and adults,
demonstrating improved turn-taking, topic maintenance, and
appropriate social interactions.
2. Prepositions Usage:
o Accurately understands and applies prepositions (e.g. front and
behind) enhancing grammatical skills.
3. Narrative Understanding:
o Listens to and comprehends short stories, answering questions about
key details and sequencing events, demonstrating improved
storytelling comprehension.
4. Following Multi-Step Directions:
o Responds effectively to instructions involving multiple steps, showing
progress in auditory processing, memory, and task execution.
5. Advanced Expressive Language:
o Forms complete and meaningful sentences to express thoughts,
emotions, and needs more clearly, improving sentence structure and
overall communication.
With consistent reinforcement and engaging activities, the child is expected to
continue building on these skills, leading to greater confidence and fluency in
language use.

RECALL OF VERBAL INFORMATION:

The child demonstrates strong abilities in recalling verbal information. They are
adept at processing and remembering spoken instructions and conversations. The
child effectively uses simple sentences to express themselves, showcasing a clear
understanding of language at the level of simple sentences.

EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE: Use of Language:

Current Level:
The child has achieved significant milestones in their expressive language
development:

1. Intentional Communication:
o Uses speech along with gestures and pointing to request desired
objects, with emerging true words integrated into expressive attempts.
2. Seeking Assistance:
o Verbally or non-verbally requests help for personal needs,
demonstrating growing independence in communication.
3. Expressing Frustration:
o Communicates dissatisfaction or frustration through words, gestures,
or simple phrases, showing an increasing ability to express emotions.
4. Expanding Sentence Use:
o Begins to form two-word combinations and short phrases, gradually
developing more structured and meaningful speech.
5. Understanding and Following Directions:
o Responds to simple, one-step instructions, indicating improved
comprehension of spoken language and task execution.
6. Early Verb Comprehension:
o Recognizes and understands basic action words (e.g., eat, run, jump),
demonstrating foundational verb knowledge for sentence building.
With ongoing guidance and support, the child is expected to continue refining
these communication skills, paving the way for more advanced language use.

Targeted Goals:
1. Developing Descriptive Language:
o Expanding understanding and use of adjectives and prepositions to
describe objects, actions, and experiences more accurately in
conversation.
2. Answering WH-Questions:
o Strengthening the ability to respond to "why" and "what" questions,
enhancing comprehension and conversational skills.
3. Sentence Repetition and Expansion:
o Improving the ability to repeat and construct longer, more complex
sentences, supporting fluency and grammatical development.
4. Categorization and Vocabulary Growth:
 o Learning to identify and name items from various categories, including
body parts, clothing, emotions, occupations, nature, technology, music,
and travel, fostering a broader vocabulary.

The child's steady progress in expressive language development reflects an

increasing ability to communicate effectively. With continued support and targeted
interventions, further refinement of language skills will be achieved, promoting
greater confidence in communication.

SPEECH SOUNDS AND PHYSIOLOGY

VOICE AND RESONANCE:

NA

ARTICULATION AND PHONOLOGY:

NA

FLUENCY:

Rate of speech is normal

B. Strategies Implemented:

Therapeutic technique and PRAGMATIC approach

C. Social:

PRAGMATICS: Social and Emotional Language Skills:

The child effectively communicates needs, wants, and thoughts using
simple sentences, often incorporating gestures for emphasis. They are
beginning to understand basic conversational norms, such as taking
turns in discussions, maintaining eye contact, and using appropriate
greetings. While they can respond to simple social interactions, they
may still need occasional prompting to engage in more structured
conversations and expand their responses.

EARLY LITERARY SKILLS: READING:

NA

ORAL MOTOR EXAMINATION

All oral articulators are normal in appearance and structure all

vegetative skills such as blowing, sucking, biting and chewing are
adequate in function

D) Goals (January to March 2025)

Strengths and needs:

Vocabulary

Viraj has demonstrating knowledge of approximately 100-500 words

Sentence Structure

Viraj exhibits good sentence structure(limited), capable of producing simple

sentences.

Understanding Instructions

Viraj can follow unidirectional-step instructions accurately, demonstrating a clear

understanding of the tasks at hand.
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