(Acknowledgments to Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy Departments Gippsland Southern Health Service)

Two Years

Refer to Speech Pathologist if:

• Child is not talking
  
• Child is having  difficulty swallowing
  
• Child is having frequent colds and ear infections.
  
• Parents are concerned.
  

Refer to Occupational Therapist if:

• Unable to walk independently.
  
• Falls frequently/bumps into objects.
  
• Does not show hand preference.
  
• Cannot hold a cup/spoon - unable to drink from a cup.
  
• Unable to pick up pins, shoelaces or small objects.
  
• Unable to hold crayon between thumb and four other fingers.