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Yours and your child's names

Question 1. How confident do you feel to show your baby how to practice making a specific sound such as 's' or 'b' ?

a) I don't know.

b) I think I would know where to start.

c) I have some ideas but would like to do some more learning or research.

d) I feel like I know what this is and I know how to do it. I could do with some more practice.

e) I feel like I know what this is, and I have some strong understanding, and practiced skills, that I can use to do it.

Question 2 . How confident do you feel to teach your baby how to imitate you making sounds or gestures ?

a) I don't know.

b) I think I would know where to start.

c) I have some ideas but would like to do some more learning or research.

d) I feel like I know what this is and I know how to do it. I could do with some more practice.

e) I feel like I know what this is, and I have some strong understanding, and practiced skills, that I can use to do it.

Question 3. How confident do you feel to practice turn-taking with your baby?

a) I don't know.

b) I think I would know where to start.

c) I have some ideas but would like to do some more learning or research.

d) I feel like I know what this is and I know how to do it. I could do with some more practice.

e) I feel like I know what this is, and I have some strong understanding, and practiced skills, that I can use to do it.

Question 4. How confident do you feel to model new words for your baby?

a) I don't know.

b) I think I would know where to start.

c) I have some ideas but would like to do some more learning or research.

d) I feel like I know what this is and I know how to do it. I could do with some more practice.

e) I feel like I know what this is, and I have some strong understanding, and practiced skills, that I can use to do it.

Question 5. How confident do you feel to "recast" language for your baby, correcting their language whilst maintaining their motivation to speak?

a) I don't know.

b) I think I would know where to start.

c) I have some ideas but would like to do some more learning or research.

d) I feel like I know what this is and I know how to do it. I could do with some more practice.

e) I feel like I know what this is, and I have some strong understanding, and practiced skills, that I can use to do it.

Question 6. How confident do you feel to create opportunities for your baby to practice pre-writing skills?

a) I don't know.

b) I think I would know where to start.

c) I have some ideas but would like to do some more learning or research.

d) I feel like I know what this is and I know how to do it. I could do with some more practice.

e) I feel like I know what this is, and I have some strong understanding, and practiced skills, that I can use to do it.

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