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Vocabulary Checklists and Record Sheets
Checklist 1 - First 120 Words

A one-of-a-kind resource for parents, teachers, and speech therapists working with children who have Down syndrome, this booklet provides a checklist for the first 120 words most children with Down syndrome learn. Words are divided into categories for similarity (such as "Dressing"). The checklist also includes stages of use for the words:understands, understands and signs, says word in imitation, uses word spontaneously, and understood by unfamiliar listener. This is a priceless resource for documenting word use and making planful progress with speech and communication.

Vocabulary Checklists and Record Sheets
Checklist 2 - Second 340 Words

Continuing from the first 120 words, this checklist tracks the second 340 words. Words are divided into categories for similarity (such as "Dressing"). The checklist also includes stages of use for the words:understands, understands and signs, says word in imitation, uses word spontaneously, and understood by unfamiliar listener. This is a priceless resource for documenting word use and making planful progress with speech and communication.

Vocabulary Checklists and Record Sheets
Checklist 3 - Third 350 Words

The last of the checklists in the vocabulary series documents the third 350 words that are typically added to the word bank of a child with Down syndrome. Once again, words are divided into logical topic categories (such as "Dressing") and includes stages of use for the words:understands, understands and signs, says word in imitation, uses word spontaneously, and understood by unfamiliar listener. This is a priceless resource for documenting word use and making planful progress with speech and communication.

Interactive Communication and Play
Checklists and Record Sheets

This booklet gives parents and professionals a method of documenting the first efforts at communications made by a baby with Down syndrome. The list is intended as a supplement to the speech and language modules in the Down Syndrome Issues and Information Series. Used together, these tools provide a most comprehensive communication portfolio.

Speech Sounds
Checklist and Record Sheets

This checklist gives parents a tool for tracking various new speech sounds that may be heard during therapy or around the house in play. The list is intended as a supplement to the speech and language modules in the Down Syndrome Issues and Information Series. Used together, these tools provide a most comprehensive communication portfolio.

Sentences and Grammar
Checklists and Record Sheets

This guide to the way in which sentences and grammar develop is best used together with the vocabulary checklists. The Sentences and Grammar Checklist is different from tech vocabulary and speech sound checklists in that it is a guide to types of constructions rather than specific words or sounds.