bodek

• 4-6 weeks


  smiles at parents
• 6-8 weeks

  vocalizes - speech
• 12-20 weeks


  Hand regard: following the hand with the eyes. Also observed in blind children
• 3 mos

  • prone held for long time
  • No grasp reflex
  • Follows dangling toy from side to side
  • Turns head round to sound
  • Squels with delight appropriately
  • Discrimitnates Smile
• 5 mos

  • Holds head steady
  • Goes for object and gets them
  • objects taken to mouth
  • Enjoys vocal play
• 6 mos


  Transfers objects from one hand to another

  Pulls self to sit and sits erect with support

  rolls over prone to supine

  Palmar grasp of cube

  Double Syllable sounds such as "mumum" and "dada".

  Localizes sound 45 cm lateral to either ear.

  May show "stranger shyness".
• 9-10 months


  Wiggles and crawls. Sits unsupported. Picks up objects with pincer grasp

  Babbles Tunefully

  Looks for toys Dropped.

  Apprehensive about strangers.
• 11 month


  Stands alone and can sit from standing position.
• 1 year


  Walks 3 steps

  Babbles 2 or 3 words repeatedly

  Drops toys, and watches where they go

  Cooperates with dressing, waves goodbye,

  Understands simple commands
• 18 months


  Picks up toy without falling over.

  Can walk upstairs with support.

  Gets up/down stairs holding onto rail.

  Begins to jump with both feet.

  Can build a tower of 3 or 4 cubes and throw a ball.

  "Jargon". Many Intelligible words.

  Demands constant mothering.

  Drinks from a cup with both hands.

  Feeds self with a spoon.

  Most children with autism are diagnosed at this age.
• 2 years


  Able to run.

  Walks up and down stairs 2 feet per step.

  Builds tower of 6 cubes.

  Jumps on both feet.

  Joins 2-3 words in sentences.

  Parallel play.

  Dry by day.
• 3 years


  Goes up stairs 1-foot per step and downstairs 2 feet per step.

  Copies circle imitates cross and draws man on request.

  Builds tower of 9 cubes.

  Constantly Asks questions.

  Cooperative play.

  Undresses with assistance.

  Imaginary companions

  Speaks in sentences.
• 5 years


  Skips on both feet and hops. Draws a man and copies a triangle. Gives age.

  Fluent speech with few infantile substitutions in speech.

  Dresses and undresses alone
• 4 years


  Goes down stairs one foot per step, skips on one foot.

  Imitates gate with cubes, copies a cross

  Questioning at its height.

  Many infantile substitutions in speech

  Dresses and undresses with assistance.

  Attends to own toilet needs
• 6 years


  Copies a diamond. Knows right from left and number of fingers.

  Fluent speech.