In the development of infants, the premises of speech are of particular importance. Early diagnosis of disorders of pre-speech development is important for the timely provision of correctional and developmental assistance. The purpose of this article is to analyze the results of the survey and the correlation and developmental work in the preverbal period with children with special features of
the central nervous system. A review of the literature on this problem is given. The following research methods were used: analysis of anamnestic, clinical data; questioning of parents; coefficient of development of prerequisites for speech; the ratio of the rates of development of the prerequisites for impressive and expressive speech; screening diagnostics of oral praxis. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is a predominance of the non-verbal type of imitative activity, as well as the scarcity of skills and abilities associated with the possibilities of oral praxis in infants from the risk group for perinatal CNS damage. Correctional and developmental work was carried out, after which the above parameters were re-examined. There was a positive trend in almost all indicators,
which once again confirms the effectiveness of early childhood development.