# Non-Verbal AbilityScore 600–700 — Next Steps

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A Non-Verbal AbilityScore of 600–700 is an encouraging snapshot of your child's gesture, eye-contact and joint-attention skills, with clear room to grow. The next step is a clinician-led full assessment to turn the band into a personalised plan, alongside playful daily practice at home. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

*A score is not a verdict — it's a starting map, and a 600–700 band tells us exactly where to begin walking with your child.*

## In short
A Non-Verbal AbilityScore in the **600–700 band** is a *snapshot* of how your child currently communicates without words — through gestures, eye contact, pointing, facial expression and play. It tells us there is real, encouraging non-verbal ability already present, with clear room to grow. The right next step is a clinician-led conversation to turn this number into a precise, personalised plan — not a label, and certainly not a reason to worry. With targeted support, non-verbal communication is one of the most responsive areas to grow.

## What this band actually means
The Non-Verbal AbilityScore looks at the *foundations* of communication that come before and beneath spoken words — joint attention (sharing focus with you), gesture (waving, pointing, reaching), imitation, turn-taking and using eye contact to connect. A 600–700 band suggests your child is building these blocks and would benefit from structured, playful support to strengthen them further. These skills are the launch-pad for spoken language, so growing them now is genuinely valuable groundwork.

## Your next steps
- **Confirm the picture with a clinician.** An online band is an indicator, not a diagnosis. A Pinnacle clinician will administer a full structured assessment and explain what your child's profile means in plain language.
- **Start playful, daily practice at home.** Narrate what you do, pause to invite a gesture or look, and follow your child's lead in play — these everyday moments are powerful.
- **Build a tailored plan.** Depending on the full profile, support may include speech and language therapy focused on pre-verbal and non-verbal communication, with parent coaching woven in.
- **Track progress over time.** A single score matters far less than the *direction* of growth — reassessment shows how the plan is working.

## 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 an online band alone. Across [70+ centres and 700+ therapists](/), our clinicians turn a score into a precise, child-led plan. Understand [how the AbilityScore is calculated](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated) and explore how [speech and language therapy](https://www.pinnacleblooms.org/top-speech-therapy-center-india-proven-improvement-rate) grows non-verbal and pre-verbal communication.

## Trusted sources
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association guidance on early social communication and pre-linguistic skills; American Academy of Pediatrics (HealthyChildren.org) on developmental milestones and monitoring; WHO Nurturing Care Framework on responsive caregiving.

**Next step —** Ready to turn this score into a clear plan? [Book a clinician-led assessment with Pinnacle](https://www.pinnacleblooms.org/top-speech-therapy-center-india-proven-improvement-rate).

## Sources
- ASHA — early communication and pre-linguistic skills: https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/
- AAP HealthyChildren.org — developmental milestones: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx
- WHO Nurturing Care Framework — responsive caregiving: https://nurturing-care.org/

## Connected topics and perspectives
- Abilities: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/abilities
- Parent: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/stakeholder/parent
- Communication: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/domain/communication
- Support: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/intent/support
- Measure: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/lifecycle/measure
- Book Assessment: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/route/book-assessment
- As 600 700: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/score_band/as_600_700
- Self Sufficiency: https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/lens/empowerment/self_sufficiency

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