TESTS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE in CHDD SLP ASSESSMENT ROOM
LANGUAGE
TESTS
AGE
RANGE
DESCRIPTION
ADMINISTRATION
1
FEATURES
8-16
months
Part I: Early Words (396-word vocabulary checklist;
prod/comp)
Part II: Actions and Gestures (nonverbal symbolic
and social communicative behaviors)
parent checklist
Spanish version available
CDI: Words
and Sentences
16-30
months
parent checklist
Spanish version available
CELF-P
3;0-6;11
Part I: Words Children Use (680-word production
vocabulary; no comprehension measures)
Part II: Sentences and Grammar (production of
regular and irregular bound morphemes; multi-word
utterances)
Receptive:
Expressive:
Linguistic Concepts Recalling Sentences in Context
Sentence Structure Formulating Labels
Basic Concepts
Word Structure
Time:
30-45 min.
Composite scores for
Receptive, Expressive, or
Total Language.
CDI: Words
and Gestures
(MacArthur
Communicative Dev’t
Inventories, Singular
Publishing:1993)
(Clinical Evaluation of
Language FundamentalsPreschool; Psychological
Corporation: 1992)
CELF-3
(Clinical Evaluation of
Language FundamentalsThird Edition;
Psychological
Corporation: 1995)
6;0-8;11
9;0-21;11
Receptive:
Sentence Structure
Concepts and Directions
Word Classes
Expressive:
Word Structure
Formulated Sentences
Recalling Sentences
Receptive:
Expressive:
Semantic Relationships Sentence Assembly
Concepts and Directions Formulated Sentences
Word Classes
Recalling Sentences
Supplementary Subtests for 6;0-21;0
-Word Associations
-Listening to Paragraphs
-Rapid, Automatic Naming
Ceiling:
Time: 3
0-45 min.
Ceiling:
varies (see score
sheet)
Age Equivalents for
Total Language only.
Composite scores for
Receptive, Expressive, or
Total Language.
Age Equivalents for
Total Language only.
TESTS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE in CHDD SLP ASSESSMENT ROOM
PLS-3
0;0-6;11
(Preschool Language
Scales, Psychological
Corporation: 1992)
TACL-3
3;0-9;11
(Test for Auditory
Comprehension of
Language-Third Edition;
Pro-Ed:1999)
TLC- level 1
level 2
(Test of Language
Competence –Expanded
Edition; Psychological
Corporation:1989)
TOAL
5;0-9;11
9;0-18;11
(For 9;09;11, use
Level 1 if
student is
poor reader)
12;0-24;11
(Test of Adolescent and
Adult Language
Auditory Comprehension
Expressive Communication
Time:
15-40 min.
Supplementary subtests: -Articulation Screener
-Language Sample Checklist
Ceiling:
Receptive Language:
Vocabulary
Grammatical Morphemes
Elaborated Phrases and Sentences
Time:
20-30 min.
1. Ambiguous Sentences
2. Listening Comprehension: Making Inferences
3. Oral Expression: Recreating Sentences
4. Figurative Language
Supplemental subtest for Level 2:
-Remembering Word Pairs
Listening Vocabulary
Reading Vocabulary
Listening Grammar
Reading Grammar
Speaking Vocabulary
Writing Vocabulary
Speaking Grammar
Writing Grammar
Token Test for
Children
3;0-12;5
TOLD-P
4;0-8;11
Picture Vocabulary
Grammatic Understanding
Relational Vocabulary Sentence Imitation
Oral Vocabulary
Grammatic Completion
8;6-12;11
Sentence Combining
Picture Vocabulary
Word Ordering
(Test of Language
Development-Primary)
TOLD-I
Generals
Grammatic Comprehension
Malapropisms
Ceiling:
3 zeros in a row
Time: 30-40 m.?
Ceiling:
1: 4 zeros in row
2: 3 failures to
respond (NOT 3
zeros in a row!)
Time: 1 hr. 45 m.
Ceiling: 3 out of
5 answers
incorrect
2
Need set of toys, and
stimulus manual;
Age Equivalents for
individual subtests and
for total language score
Age Equivalents for
subtests, not for total test.
Age Equivalents on
Composite Score only
Test of metalinguistic
competence in semantics,
syntax, pragmatics
(receptive + expressive)
No age equivalents.
Age equivalents.
Grade equivalents for
preschool age 3 through
grade 6
Supplementary subtests:
-Word Discrimination
-Phonemic Analysis
-Word Articulation
TESTS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE in CHDD SLP ASSESSMENT ROOM
LITERACY and
PRAGMATICS
PAT
(The Phonological
Awareness Test;
LinguaSystems: 1997)
TERA-2
AGE
RANGE
5;0-9;11
Some
subtests for
> 5 yo only.
3;0-9;11
(Test of Early Reading
Ability-Second Edition;
Pro-Ed: 1989)
TORC-3
7;0-17;11
(Test of Reading
Comprehension-Third
Edition; Pro-Ed: 1995)
TOWL-3
7;0-17;11
(Test of Written Lang.3rd Ed.; Pro-Ed: 1996)
TOPL
(Test of Pragmatic
Language; Pro-Ed: 1992)
TOPS
Elementary-R
Adolescent
(Test of Problem
Solving)
5;0-13;11
(also for
adults with
LD, DD,
aphasia,
ESL)
5;6-12;6
10;0-19;0
DESCRIPTION
Rhyming: Discrimination, Production; Segmentation:
Sentences, Syllables, Phonemes; Isolation: Initial,
Final, Medial; Deletion: Compounds/ Syllables,
Phonemes; Substitution; Blending: Syllables,
Phonemes; Graphemes: Consonants, Long/Short
Vowels, C Blends, C Digraphs, R-cont. Vs, Vdigraphs,
Diphthongs Decoding: VC, CVC, C digraphs, etc.
Measures skills that emerge in preschool years:
-Constructing meaning from print.
-Knowing alphabet and its function.
-Discovering print conventions.
1. General Vocabulary 5-7. Content vocabulary:
2. Syntactic Similarities
-math
3. Paragraph Reading
-social studies
4. Sentence Sequencing
-science
1. Vocabulary
4. Logical Sentences
2. Spelling
5. Sentence Combining
3. Style
6. Contextual Conventions
Measures six core components of pragmatic language:
-physical setting (context)
-audience (relationship, #, given/new, mood, turn-take)
-topic (history, intro, maintenance, breakdown, change)
-purpose (speech acts: request, inform, regulate, etc.)
-visual-gestural cues (body L, facial exp., eye contact)
-abstraction (non-literal)
ADMINISTRATION
Time: 40 min.
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FEATURES
Age equivalents on
subtests and on total test.
Ceiling: No
basals or ceilings.
Time: 15-30 m.
Ceiling: 5 zeros
in a row.
Time: 60 min.
Age equivalents for
individual subtests.
Ceiling: varies
Time:
Ceiling:
Time: 45 min. +
Ceiling: Give all
test items; use
tape recorder to
score items later.
Age Equivalent for total
test.
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TESTS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE in CHDD SLP ASSESSMENT ROOM
NON-STANDARDIZED
AGE
RANGE
Informal assessment of narrative retell ability. Score
for:
--information content
--sentence length
--subordinate clauses
Bus Story
Frog Story
Pragmatic
Protocol
Prelinguistic
Communication
Checklist
SSRS
(Social Skills Rating
System)
3-5 years
K-6 grade
Features
DESCRIPTION
Checklists for parents and teachers.
3;6-8;0
Age equivalent.
TESTS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE in CHDD SLP ASSESSMENT ROOM
Vocab and Artic
TESTS
EOWPVT-R
EOWPVT
(upper ext.)
EVT
PPVT-III
(A, B, Spanish)
APP-R
TOWF
List of Stimulus Materials With Which to Engage Children in Low Structured Interactions
for the Purpose of Assessing Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors
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Kitchen set (plastic food, dishes, silverware, etc.)
Train set
Barn set
Barney schoolhouse set
Barbie grocery store
Pirate ship
Sundry stacking and nesting items
An array of cause/effect toys
Wind-up toys
Bubbles
Box’o’dolls, stuffed animals, hand puppets
Box’o’cars and trucks (various sizes)
Set of doll accessories
Nerf and koosh balls
Wooden puzzles
A few picture books
One big dinosaur
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