Nursery World - Learning & Development: Progress check at two: Part 6

In this case study, Sue Chambers focuses on assessing communication
and language development for the Progress Check at Age Two, with the
example of a child hindered by her need of a dummy.

Ava, the youngest of four children, was admitted to the nursery aged two years and two months. No concerns were raised at the initial discussion and there was no professional involvement with the family. Her siblings were all quite a lot older, with a gap of ten years between Ava and the next-youngest child. The key person noticed that throughout the visit, Ava had a dummy in her mouth and did not communicate verbally, mainly nodding or shaking her head or pointing when she wanted to make herself understood.

Ava also had a dummy in her mouth throughout the induction period. Her key person spoke to Ava's mother about the reasons for having a nursery policy on dummies, and explained to her how staff would gradually and sensitively wean Ava off her dummy.

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