Median (50th centile) age of acquisition
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Gross Motor
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Fine Motor & Vision
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Language & Hearing
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Social & Self-Help
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Newborn
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Limbs flexed, symmetrical postures, marked head lag when pulling up
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Follows face in midline
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1.5 m (6w)
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Head leg still present
Holds head up in ventral suspension
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Fix and follows object through 90°
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Gurgles Startles to loud sounds
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Smiles responsively
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3 m
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Head held on pull to sit Raises head 45° when prone
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Fix and follows object through 180° by turning head
Hands to midline
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Turns head to sound Vowel sounds
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Social smile Upset when contact leaves
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6-8 m
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Rolls
Sits briefly/ with support
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Transfers objects
Reaches for objects
Palmar grasp
Mouths objects
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Babbling two syllable sounds
Turns to their name
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Holds bottle on feeding
Puts food in mouth
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9 m
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Sits steady
Can pivot sitting stands holding on
Attempts crawl
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Looks for fallen toy
Index finger poke
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Understands “no”
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Finger feeds
Apprehensive to strangers
Plays peek-a-boo
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12 m
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Crawl
Stands alone
Walks unsteadily
Cruising
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Pincer grip
Bangs bricks together
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2-3 words, other than Mama/Dada, with meaning
Responds to “give it to me”
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Waves “bye bye”
Expresses wants with pointing
Claps
Cooperates with dressing
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15 m
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Walking independently
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Picks up ‘hundreds and thousands’
Casting
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Several words
Echolalia
Understands “cup”/ siblings name
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Drinks from cup
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18 m
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Able to stoop to pick up floor objects
Walks alone steadily
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Scribbles
Tower of 2-3 bricks
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Knows body parts
Says 25-50 words
Follow 1 step commands
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Uses spoon
Takes shoes and socks off
Indicates toilet need
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24 m (2 y)
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Runs
Stairs two feet per step
Kicks a ball
Climbs furniture
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Copies vertical line
Tower of 4-6 bricks
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Follows two-step commands
Uses plurals
Identifies object from its description
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Plays alone
Uses fork
Dry by day
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36 m (3 y)
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Tricycle
Jumps well
Starts one foot per step
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Copies circle
Matches colours
Tower of 9 bricks
Can build a bridge
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3-4 word sentences
Knows colours
Name/age/sex
Attempts to tell stories
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Interactive play
Dresses with supervision
Uses knife & fork
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48 m (4 y)
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Stands on one foot
Hops
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Copies cross and then square
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Counts to 10
Past tense
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Shares toys
Out of nappies,
Toilet independent
Brushes teeth
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60 m (5 y)
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Bounces ball
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Copies triangle
Writes name
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Understands prepositions.
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Acts out role play
Comforts those in
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