The DemoOrg Communication Checkup screening tool is available to families living in the Demo region with a child from birth to June 30th of the year they are eligible for Junior Kindergarten.
Completion of the DemoOrg Communication Checkup is optional. The Communication Checkup is of value to our team because it gives us information about your child’s milestones and helps direct you to the most suitable services to support your child. It also begins the referral process to our programs to access an assessment for your child.
If you have concerns about your child’s speech and language development but do not want to complete the Communication Checkup, you may call DemoOrg Intake to make a self-referral (800-123-4567).
In addition to speech and language milestones, the Communication Checkup looks at different areas of development such as: communication, social and fine/gross motor skills and red flags. Based on your child’s age and your answers, the screening can help determine the need for a speech and language assessment, developmental or psychological assessment. The results from the Communication Checkup will, if needed, help to refer you to the most suitable services to help your child.
The Communication Checkup is a screening tool not a diagnostic test. If you do not agree with the results or still have concerns regarding your child’s development, we urge you to speak to your child’s primary health care provider to determine how best to support your child. The Communication Checkup is based on English and French developmental milestones. This screening tool may not be 100% reflective of a child’s development in other languages or cultures.
Based on your answers, the results of the Communication Checkup may recommend that you:
- Complete a new screening at your child’s next milestone. Optional: sign-up for email reminders.
- See your child’s primary health care provider to discuss the areas of development highlighted on your results not related to speech and language.
- Self refer to DemoOrg for a speech and language assessment.
- See your child's primary care provider for a development assessment referral.
When you have completed the Communication Checkup, you will have an option to have the results emailed to you. To ensure privacy, the results will be available to you only at that time as a download. Once you have accessed the emailed results, the link will be disabled. There are more details about this is the section Emails below.