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

Three Years

Refer to Speech Pathologist if:

• Child is only using two words together.
  
• Child is not following instructions.
  
• Child has frequent colds and ear infections.
  
• Child stutters (repeats sounds and words).
  
• Parents are concerned,
  

Refer to Occupational Therapist if:

• Unable to walk alone upstairs and downstairs, two feet to a step.
  
• Unable to stand or walk on tiptoe.
  
• Falls/bumps into furniture frequently.
  
• Fear of fast movements eg. Slides, swing, spinning.
  
• Unable to hold a ball and throw with both hands.
  
• Unable to hold crayon in preferred hand to scribble.