Red Flags for Children

Speech and Language Red Flags

 SPEECH AND LANGUAGE RED FLAGS FOR REFERRAL

  • Decreased eye contact during interactions.
  • Decreased/ absent response to sounds or voices.
  • Is not babbling by 8 months.

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Sensory Processing Red Flags

DEVELOPMENT OF SENSORY PROCESSING SKILLS RED FLAGS FOR REFERRAL

  • Sleep disturbances, unable to fall asleep or remain sleeping.
  • Having a hard to calming themselves down appropriately.
  • Overly upset with change in routine.

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Feeding / Oromotor Red Flags

FEEDING/ OROMOTOR RED FLAGS FOR REFERRAL

  • Coughing/ choking or gagging during bottle or breast feeding.
  • Raspy “wet” vocal quality shortly after bottle or breast feeding
  • Ongoing poor weight gain.

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Resources

At Melbourne Speech Clinics we realise that professional terminology can be confusing. To help you, here is an array of terminology you may encounter. View Resources