Growing along with your child

Personal Autonomy

• Hold their bottle with both hands
• Eat small pieces with their fingers
• Hold a spoon
• Put their hands in their mouth

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Crawl
• Go up and down stairs on hand and foot
• Sit up
• Move around by hanging on to furniture
• Take few steps if they are held by one or both hands
• Walk toward their parents

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Start to speak words “mama” or “dada”
• Turn around when their name is called
• React to the word “no”
• Understand some words
• Recognize facial expressions
• Put their arms out when they want to be held
• Are frightened of strangers

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Try to reach for objects
• Can hold their gaze on a moving object
• Clap their hands to say “bravo”
• Can Hold small objects between their thumb and index finger
• Like to play peek-a-boo 

Personal Autonomy

• Participate in getting dressed (extend their arms and legs)
• Remove certain clothes (ex.: hat)
• Eat with a spoon
• Drink from a glass with supervision
• Start to eat with a fork
• Drink from a straw
• Start to learn about cleanliness

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Go up and down stairs with support and without alternating legs
• Climb
• Start to run
• Squat to pick up an object from the floor

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Imitate sounds (ex.: animals)
• Speak their first words
• Start to form two-word sentences
• Understand short sentences (ex.: “come to eat”)
• Follow simple stories
• Point to parts of their body
• Can go get an object that was requested of them
• Sometimes oppose to what parents request
• Can be aggressive with other children

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Scribble
• Like to look at pictures and turn pages of a book
• Fit simple geometrical shapes in a mold
• Take hold of a crayon in a rough manner
• Can build a simple tower with blocks
• Start to throw a ball
• Dance to the rhythm of music

Education

• Can engage in group activities 

Personal Autonomy

• Use a fork properly when eating
• Start to get dressed on their own
• Need help to button up their clothes
• Can use the toilet on their own with little supervision
• Participate in their own hygiene (ex.: washing hands and body, brushing teeth)

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Go up and down stairs by alternating legs
• Take initiative
• Run, climb and slide
• Start to put their toys away

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Start to ask questions
• Form full sentences
• Know songs and nursery rhymes
• Understand the terms “today”, “yesterday” and “tomorrow”
• Count to 10
• Have difficulties waiting their turn
• Can invent an imaginary friend
• Can be frightened of certain situations (ex.: doctor, dentist)
• Can express pride, shyness and shame
• Like to be in the company of their little friends

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Play sports and participate in leisure activities with their parents
• Use rides at the park (under parental supervision)
• Ride and peddle a tricycle
• Throw and catch a ball with a better grip
• Kick a ball
• Hold a pair of scissors and cut paper
• Successfully put together a puzzle of 6 to 10 pieces
• Start to draw little men
• Start to play make-believe

Education

• Can go to preschool if the family wishes 

Personal Autonomy

• Butter their bread and chop semi-soft foods
• Get dressed on their own
• Tie knots
• Brush their hair
• Wipe themselves after a bowel movement without any help

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Answer the phone
• Tidy up their room and put clothes away
• Start to manage money

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Invent and tell stories
• Understand complex sentences
• Read a simple story without the help of pictures
• Start to learn how to write
• Make friends with other children

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Play sports and engage in other activities without their parents
• Draw little men with details such as clothing and fingers
• Successfully put together a puzzle of 15 to 20 pieces
• Are conscious of rules at home and in the community

Education

• Go to elementary school
• Do their homework and lessons under close parental supervision 

Personal Autonomy

• Prepare a simple meal (ex.: breakfast, lunch)
• Take care of their hygiene on their own

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Can walk to school
• Set and clear the table
• Can help do the dishes

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Tell stories and recount events
• Participate in conversations
• Write short texts
• Use a public phone
• Use a computer and popular software without any help
• Express their attachment to their family
• Prefer friends of their own sex

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Ride a bicycle
• Play team sports or engage in artistic activities without their parents
• Play board games and follow the rules
• Chat over the Internet

Education

• Go to elementary school
• Collaborate in group projects
• Do their homework under parental supervision

Professional and Sociooccupational Integration

• Do chores to earn an allowance 

Personal Autonomy

• Use certain kitchen aids under supervision (ex.: stove)
• Choose clothes according to weather conditions and events

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Can take care of their personal belongings and materials made available to them
• Participate in household chores

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Can read short novels
• Write texts of one page
• Can surf the web
• Express their opinions and oppose those of their parents

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Like to engage in activities with their friends
• Use public transportation in company of their friends
• Choose recreational, sports and social activities under parental supervision

Education

• Choose and register to a high school with the help of their parents
• Do their homework with little parental supervision

Professional and Sociooccupational Integration

• Find ways to earn pocket money 

Personal Autonomy

• Take their medication
• Take care of menstrual hygiene
• Shave on their own
• Put on deodorant
• Do their laundry using the washer and dryer

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Participate in the upkeep of the home
• Make deposits and withdrawals at the bank
• Honour commitments
• Can stay home alone during the day for a given period

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Phone to request information
• Write, stamp and mail a letter
• Download and listen to music
• Develop sentimental relationships with young people of their age

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Use local public transportation to go somewhere familiar
• Coordinate the use of their free time (ex.: leisure, work)
• Plan and participate in mixed group activities
• Ride a scooter

Education

• Go to high school
• Manage their homework and lessons
• Go on school trips

Professional and Sociooccupational Relationships

• Seek and earn work experience or do volunteer work 

Personal Autonomy

• Prepare and plan complex meals on their own (ex.: follow a recipe)
• Wake up and go to bed on their own

Socioresidential Autonomy

• Manage their pocket money
• Use a bank machine
• Plan a budget
• Do their own personal shopping

Communication and Interpersonal Relationships

• Read newspapers, magazines, etc.
• Make appointments
• Maintain sentimental relationships with young people their own age
• Use contraception

Leisure and Integration into the Community

• Practice sports, recreational and social activities without their parents
• Use local public transportation to go somewhere new
• Use long distance transportation (ex.: bus, train)
• Drive a car
• Respect public and social norms

Education

• Register to a cegep or special trade school

Professional and Sociooccupational Integration

• Get a job
• Think about goals for the future, a type of career