Communication and Language

Measures of childrenā€™s proficiency in understanding and conveying information, ideas and feelings, including through words and sentences.

Sub-domains and proficiencies

Definitions for each of the skills listed above can be found here.

Communication

  • Joint attention
  • Gesticulation
  • Turn taking
  • Speech
  • Pragmatic skills
  • Code switching

Language

  • Expressive vocabulary
  • Receptive vocabulary
  • Syntax
  • Morphology
  • Grammar
  • Narrative skills
  • Inferencing
  • Language reasoning