Communication Check Up

The Communication Checkup is an online screening tool created for parents and legal guardians living in Halton, Peel and Dufferin regions. The tool can also be used by educators in the community to screen children in their care.

The Communication Check Up:

Is available for children aged 6 months of age to June 30 of their junior kindergarten year.
Screens areas of development based on the child’s current age.
Screens for speech, language, social communication, fine and gross motor skills.
Provides instant results based on the answers you provide.
Suggests next steps to support your child’s development.

Screenings are available for 6mos, 9mos, 12mos, 18mos, 24mos, 30mos, 36mos, 42mos and 48mos. If your child has not reached the next milestone age listed, you will complete the screening for the younger age.

If your child has already started Junior Kindergarten, please speak with their teacher, principal and/ or primary health care provider about your concerns.

Completing the Communication Check Up Screening

When completing the screening, think about how your child communicates in their first language. This is the language they understand and use most during their day.

Please note:

Complete ONE screening for each child.
All questions must be answered with a YES or NO.
If you are not sure how to answer a question, choose the answer that best describes how your child is doing today with the skill. Have you seen this skill more than once?
Answer the questions as best as you can.

Results

The results are calculated based on the answers that you have given us.

Possible results include:

A recommendation to come back at your child’s next milestone
A referral to Speech and Language Services at ErinoakKids to access an assessment for your child
A recommendation to see your child’s primary health care provider to talk about other areas of their development highlighted in your results

On your results page, you will receive detailed instructions on next steps including saving or printing your results.

If you fail to save or print your results, they will be lost. Your results are not stored, and you cannot access them at a later time.

Privacy

Privacy Timeout

The screening should take approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. You must complete the screening in one sitting. To protect your privacy, the Communication Check Up will close after 30 minutes. When five minutes remain, the system will give you the option to add more time, if needed.

If the program closes, your information will be lost and you will need to start over.

Your privacy is important to us. Your secure session will begin after you agree to the terms and conditions on the first page of the tool.

Apple Product Users (iPhone^TM, iPad^TM, MacBook^TM)

The screening tool works best when using a Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser. If the tool is not working well, close the screening and use one of these browsers.

Accessing ErinoakKids Services

You can choose to complete a Preschool Speech and Language referral after finishing the Communication Check Up. If you wish to complete the referral at a later time, please save your Communication Check Up results to share with professionals or upload when you complete the referral.

Disclosure statement

Permission was granted to ErinoakKids to use and adapt the First Words Program screening tool.

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