Language Skills

Milestones

1-4 months Cooing
3-6 months Laugh
Turns to voice
4-8 months Razzing 
5-9 months Babbling
6-10 months Dada/mama non-specifically 
7-12 months Gesture games
9-18 months Understands 'No' 
9-14 months Dada/mama specifically 
10-16 months One step command with a gesture 
10-18 months Immature jargoning 
12-20 months One step command without a gesture
12-24 months  Points to body parts 
16-24 months Mature jargoning 
20-30 months Puts two words together 
22-30 months Pronouns inappropriately
Two step command
30-40 months States first name 
30-42 months  Pronounces appropriately 

If you feel that your child is significantly delayed in several milestones, please consult your pediatrician or contact the Center for Autism.
   
Center for Autism Grand Rounds --- 2012 Lunch Lecture Series
5/9/2012

Friday, June 1st
Applied Behavior Analysis for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Elyse Wiseman, BCBA, Hope Network

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Hope Network Education Center

Grand Rounds is a new series of professional lunchtime lectures covering a variety of topics relating to autism spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental conditions, including ABA, Speech and Language Pathology, and supporting children and adults with autism. Lectures are free of charge and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their lunch. Following each lecture, there will be an opportunity for questions and answers.


All lectures are from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at the Hope Network Education Center, 775 36th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI.
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Michigan Partners for Freedom | Free Self-Determination Seminar
5/1/2012
If you have a disability and want to get more control of your life, your support, and your services, then join the Michigan Partners for Freedom on May 9, 2012 from 9:30 - 2:30 pm at Hope Network Education Center in Grand Rapids. Lunch included!
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Hope Network strives to bridge gap in services to people with mental illness
4/25/2012
WGVU  |  Hope Network is a non-profit Christian organization well known in Michigan for providing a broad continuum of care in the treatment of brain and spinal cord injuries, developmental disabilities, and mental illness. WGVU’s Caroline MacGregor reports on the organization’s efforts to streamline services and address the alarming mortality rate among people with mental health disabilities.