Understanding your child’s development • Development Matters includes some checkpoints . They can help you and your childminder or early years setting have a conversation, if you’re worried about anything. Then you can decide together what to do next. • The ‘checkpoints’ are not a ‘ticklist’ to use for every child. • Sometimes children have some early difficulties in their development. With the right help, they can quickly grow out of these difficulties. • For example, 70% of children with delayed communication in the early years won’t have problems later in school. Those ‘late talkers’ need lots of opportunities to chat, play and read. • Some children will have long-term difficulties, so it’s important to identify what their needs are and make sure they get the support they need. • Every child can make good progress, with the right support.
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