PREREQUISITE LANGUAGE SKILLS CHECKLIST
USE
Gaze
Joint Attention
Turn-Taking
Making Reference
Regulating
CONTENT
1. Object Search
Gaze at moving object
Look for reappearance
Search for partially hidden objects
Search for object visibly displaced
Search for object invisibly displaced
Search for object during free play
Search to relate object to another
Exemplars
Exemplars
2. Disappearance
Hide object in box and cover
Hide object under a screen
Hide several objects in same place
Hide several objects in different places
3. Action on Object
Attend to adult action on object
Imitate object specific actions
Limited object-specific actions
Wide repertoire of object specific
actions
4. Object-Object Relations
Separate Objects
Join objects as presented
Join objects, new nonspecific way
Join objects, new specific way
FORM
1. Imitate
Copies own motor behavior in adult
Copies own vocal behavior in adult
Copies new behaviors that can be
observed on self
Copies new behaviors that cannot be
observed on self
2. Approximating Adult Linguistic Forms
Reduplicated babbling (CV sequences)
Non-reduplicated babbling
Suprasegmental features
MJDSIA, 2016
Exemplars
PREREQUISITE LANGUAGE SKILLS CHECKLIST
MJDSIA, 2016