Infant Social and Communicative Development
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Social and Emotional (Age 0-1), Language (Age 0-1)
During the first six months of life, an infant learns the rituals and processes of communication through interaction with his or her caregiver. The table below lists the infant social and communicative development for newborn through 12 months of age.
| Age | Behaviors |
| Newborn |
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| 1 week |
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| 2 weeks |
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| 3 weeks |
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| 1 month |
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| 2 months |
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| 3 months |
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| 5 months |
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| 6 months |
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| 8 months |
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| 9 months |
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| 11 months |
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| 12 months |
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Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Language Development: An Introduction, by R.E. Owens, Jr., 2008 edition, p. 130.
© 2008, Allyn & Bacon, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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