If you have filled out or are familiar w/ Vineland,
I am having difficulty with answering a few questions and would love some insight. My DD is 27 months old
On the Vineland:
Follows instructions requiring an action and an object. If I ask my 27mo to get her white shoes and bring them to me, this counts, correct? If I ask her to pick up her bunny that fell on the floor...this sort of thing?
Says at least 100 recognizable words. They are recognizable to DH and I and her caretaker. She has a definite articulation issue which makes her hard to understand to most people. So, if her vocab is easily 100 words BUT she is hard to understand, do I answer yes to this?
Follows instructions in "if-then" form. How would I answer this for a 27 mo? How would I even approach DD to see if she can do this? Any examples would be helpful!
Thank you
Re: If you have filled out or are familiar w/ Vineland,
I have. Some questions aren't going to apply perfectly...
A. I think the answer is yes. What you said about shoes is actually a 2-step direction, and there is definitely an action AND an object.
B. I dont know, but I *think* recognizable words need to be at least partially recognizable to someone other than yourself. And does she use 100 words for the same object time and time again, "Bed" means a bed all the time. Instead of 'Bed' for a ball or a truck or a dress.
C. At 27 months I would expect you could say, "If you get on your bed, Then I will give you your paci" (i just told my 26 mo old this and she did it) or "Go get in your chair and then you can eat lunch". I don't think it's necessary that you use the IF and THEN words... but maybe I'm wrong.
HTH. I didnt get to fill mine out. The observing psych at our IEP observations filled it out and that annoyed me greatly.
She definitely uses words appropriately. Bed is bed. Ball is ball, etc. She did bite her pretzel into an arch this afternoon and called it a rainbow, but I think that's clever
She also will do the "if you ____, I will give you _____". So, yay. That's good!
The articulation is the stickler. She is becoming more and more understood by outsiders, but still only about 30%. Yet, she knows enough words to say 3 or 4 word sentences and communicate fairly well. She has problems closing sounds. Up is ah, ball is baw, snack is neah, etc.