Is your child meeting their developmental milestones in communication?

• The American Speech-Language Hearing Association provides a wealth of knowledge about speech and language development. Visit their website for more information regarding speech and language development and disorders.

www.asha.org

• Healthy Beginnings is a resource to help you nurture the tremendous potential for learning and growth in every child. This set of developmental and learning guidelines was developed to ensure that the people caring for infants and young children have the knowledge and resources to support and encourage children during the process of growth and learning. 

www.marylandhealthybeginnings.org

• Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, waving "bye bye" and saying "mama" are called developmental milestones.  Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, act and move.  

www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html