Insurance/Payment
Pediatric Speech and Language Center accepts medical insurance plans. If you choose not to use your medical insurance, financial arrangements are available including self-pay options.
We are a family-based practice and our mission is to provide the care that children deserve with affordable options.
Please contact our billing department at caleb@coloradospringsspeech.com with any questions or if your medical insurance provider is not listed below.
Cigna
Cover Colorado
Medicaid/CHP+
Tricare
Medicaid
Optum/United
Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Developmental Milestones
Birth-3 months:
- Recognize mother/father’s voice
- Differentiate cries
- Smile at caregivers
- Stops crying when spoken to
4-6 months
- Cries and babbles (cooing) to communicate needs
- Smiles alone in play
- May demonstrate preference between individuals
7-12 months
- Begin to use intentional communication to gain your attention
- Understand several words we use
- Start to understand simple commands (come here, want more?)
- Beginning to babble several consonant sounds (baba, mama, dada, gaga)
- May begin to use a few early words
- Respond to changes in the tone of your voice
- Pay attention to music and sound.
- May demonstrate fear of strangers
- Recognizes several familiar individuals and enjoys being with them
12-24 months
- Expressive vocabulary of 5-50 words
- Starting to use word combinations (me go)
- Responding to simple commands
- Identify body parts and pictures in books
- Imitating nouns that others around them use
- Use jargon (babble) mixed with real words
2-4 years
- Sentences are three or more words long
- Uses pronouns “I, me, mine”
- May use two languages if bilingual
- Start to recognize written language
- Expressive language from 200-2,000 words
- Understand complex 2-3 step commands
- The family understands at least 90% of what the child says
Links and Resources
Resources
Autism
https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/child-psychology/autism_fact_sheet.shtml
Cerebral Palsy Group
Helping children with cerebral palsy
Cerebral Palsy Guide provides free educational materials, financial resources, and support options for families affected by this condition and other birth injuries.
