educational resources

These links are here to support you with helpful, evidence-based information — including child development milestones, early speech and language milestones, guidance for “late talkers,” and references related to adult cognitive-communication changes.

Child development milestones

  • Advocates for Children of New York Development Guide (Birth–3 years): Link

  • Massachusetts Child Development Guide (Birth–5 years): Link

  • New York State Child Development Guide (Birth–18 years): Link

Speech + language milestones

  • New York-Presbyterian Speech & Language Milestones (1–3 years): Link

Speech sound milestones

  • Speech Sound Milestones: Link

Late talkers / Late Language Emergence

  • ASHA Late Blooming or Language Problem?: Link

  • ASHA Late Language Emergence: Link

Adult cognitive-communication / dementia staging

  • Clinical Stages of Alzheimer’s: Link

  • Global Deterioration Scale: Link