Functional Communication Profile – Revised (FCP-R)
The Functional Communication Profile—Revised is a comprehensive informal inventory of the
major skill areas of communication and related aspects. Using the FCP-R, the speechlanguage pathologist is able to evaluate some of the unique aspects of communication and the
diversity among individuals with developmental and acquired delays. The FCP-R yields an
overall inventory of the individual's communication abilities, mode of communication (e.g.,
verbal, sign, nonverbal, augmentative), and degree of independence. Clients are assessed and
rated in the major skills categories of communication through direct observation, teacher and
caregiver reports and/or one-on-one testing. This well-respected test is a criterion referenced,
not a norm-referenced instrument. Criterion-referenced tests compare the subject's mastery of
the specified behaviors to the specified behaviors. Such tests are designed to provide
information for instruction, not to compare students with each other.
The chart below represents _____’s ability level in each skill area, as reported by the speechlanguage pathologist:
Functional Communication Profile – Revised (FCP-R)
Skill Area
Sensory/Motor
Attentiveness
Receptive
Language
Expressive
Language
Pragmatic/Social
Speech
Voice
Oral
Fluency
Non-Oral
Communication
Sensory/Motor
Attentiveness
Receptive Language
Expressive Language
Pragmatic/Social
Speech
Voice
Oral
Normal
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Fluency
Non-Oral Communication