Communication AbilityScore® 600–700: Your Next Steps

A Communication AbilityScore® in the 600–700 band tells you exactly where your child is today — and gives you a clear, hopeful map of where to go next.

In short

A Communication AbilityScore® in the 600–700 range is a structured snapshot of how your child currently understands and uses language, gestures, sounds and social back-and-forth. It is best read as a starting point, not a verdict — it shows which communication skills are emerging and which need targeted, playful support. The next step is simple: a clinician helps you turn that score into a focused plan, usually built around speech-language therapy and easy daily practice at home, and re-checks progress over time.

What this band is telling you

Think of the score as a picture of your child's communication right now across several areas — understanding words (receptive language), using words and sounds (expressive language), gesture and eye contact, and turn-taking in conversation. A 600–700 band typically means some foundations are in place while specific skills would benefit from focused encouragement. Crucially, it does not say what your child can become — it tells the team where to begin.

Your next steps

• Review the score with a clinician — they explain which communication areas are strong and which to prioritise, in plain language, so nothing feels like a mystery.
• Build a focused plan — usually speech-language therapy, often blended with play-based and parent-led practice, with small, achievable goals.
• Practise at home — narrate daily routines, pause to give your child time to respond, sing, read picture books and celebrate every attempt to communicate, words or not.
• Re-measure to track progress — the score is repeated over time so you can see movement, and the plan flexes as your child grows.

Progress in communication is rarely a straight line — it comes in bursts, and the right support tends to help most when it starts early and stays consistent.

The Pinnacle way

AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional — never from an app or a number alone. Understand how the AbilityScore® is measured, explore speech-language therapy, and see how a personalised plan is shaped around your child's strengths. Across 70+ centres, 700+ therapists and 25 million+ therapy sessions, the focus is always one child's next step at a time.

Trusted sources

WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) — Activity & Participation (communication, d3) — frames communication as functional, everyday ability rather than a single label.

Next step — Ready to turn this score into a clear plan? Book a developmental assessment with a Pinnacle clinician.

This is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.