Simple checklists for parents, based on CDC and National Institutes of Health milestones. A few minutes each. Your answers stay on your device.
Wondering if your child is on track? Check off what your child does now and get a printable summary of anything to bring up with your child’s doctor. Pediatricians, teachers and Early Intervention coordinators can use the referral guide and its one-page printable sheet.
The CDC’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. milestones for 2 months to 5 years. Get a printable list of anything to raise with your child’s doctor.
Start →Hearing and talking milestones from birth to age 5, from the NIH’s NIDCD, with a printable summary.
Start →Red flags tied to CDC, AAP, NIH and APTA guidance, and a one-page printable referral sheet.
Open guide →Nothing you enter is sent to Holsman Physical Therapy or anyone else, and nothing is saved. If you want to keep a result, use the Print / Save Results button to print it or save it as a PDF.
This is a checklist, not a diagnosis. Milestone checklists are not a substitute for a standardized developmental screening. Only a licensed health care provider who examines your child can diagnose a delay. If you are concerned, talk with your child’s doctor.
Sources. CDC Learn the Signs. Act Early.; NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Each checklist page lists its exact sources. Use of CDC and NIH materials does not imply their endorsement of Holsman Physical Therapy.
Holsman offers pediatric physical, occupational and speech therapy, including at the Holsman Children’s Therapy Center in Fair Lawn, NJ.
Yes. They are free to use, and there is nothing to sign up for.
No. The checklists run only in your web browser. Nothing is sent to Holsman Physical Therapy or anyone else, and nothing is saved after you close the page.
No. CDC says its milestone checklists are not a substitute for standardized, validated developmental screening tools. Your child’s doctor can do a formal screening.
Children develop at their own pace, but CDC advises not to wait. If your child is not meeting one or more milestones, has lost skills, or you have other concerns, talk with your child’s doctor and ask about developmental screening.
CDC says you can call your state’s public early childhood system to request a free evaluation, without waiting for a doctor’s referral. Under age 3, contact Early Intervention (in New Jersey, NJEIS at 888-653-4463; in New York, your county or New York City Early Intervention Program). Age 3 or older, call any local public elementary school.
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