The Social Language Development Test: Adolescent (SLDT: A) is a diagnostic test of social
language skills for adolescents aged 12.0 – 17.11. The tasks focus on perspective taking, making
inferences, problem solving, interpreting social language, and understanding idioms, irony and
sarcasm. This measure focuses on social interpretations and interactions with peers. The standard
scores are based on a mean of 100 with a standard deviation of 15 and an average range of 85115.
Subtest
Standard
Score
Percentile
Rank
Making Inferences
Interpreting Social Language
Problem Solving
Social Interaction
Interpreting Ironic Statements
Total Test
Making Inferences
The Making Inferences subtest is used to evaluate a student’s ability to infer the thoughts
of strangers. The student is asked to take the perspective of a person pictured in the test
materials. The student also states a specific, relevant visual cue that facilitated making the
inference. STUDENT obtained a standard score of XX. STUDENT’s abilities on this
task did/not fall within the average range for students of this age.
(If the score is below average but NOT considered a disorder then add this sentence.)
His/her performance did not, however, emerge in a range that is considered to be an area
of concern at this time.
(If concerns are indicated, add descriptive information regarding test performance as
appropriate.)
Interpreting Social Language
The Interpreting Social Language subtest is used to evaluate a student’s social
metalinguistic skills. For some items, the student demonstrates an action and tells an
appropriate reason or use for that action. Other items require the examinee to give an
example or definition of a nonliteral expression. STUDENT obtained a standard score of
XX. STUDENT’s abilities on this task did/not fall within the average range for students
of this age.
(If the score is below average but NOT considered a disorder then add this sentence.)
His/her performance did not, however, emerge in a range that is considered to be an area
of concern at this time.
(If concerns are indicated, add descriptive information regarding test performance as
appropriate.)
Problem Solving
The Problem Solving subtest is used to evaluate a student’s ability to identify problems
and justify a logical solution. STUDENT obtained a standard score of XX. STUDENT’s
abilities on this task did/not fall within the average range for students of this age.
(If the score is below average but NOT considered a disorder then add this sentence.)
His/her performance did not, however, emerge in a range that is considered to be an area
of concern at this time.
(If concerns are indicated, add descriptive information regarding test performance as
appropriate.)
Social Interaction
The Social Interaction subtest is used to evaluate a student’s ability to understand social
interactions with peers. In a series of scenarios, the student is asked to assume the
perspective of a peer and provide an appropriate response that is positive and supportive
of that fictional peer. STUDENT obtained a standard score of XX. STUDENT’s
abilities on this task did/not fall within the average range for students of this age.
(If the score is below average but NOT considered a disorder then add this sentence.)
His/her performance did not, however, emerge in a range that is considered to be an area
of concern at this time.
(If concerns are indicated, add descriptive information regarding test performance as
appropriate.)
Interpreting Ironic Statements
The Interpreting Ironic Statements subtest measures a student’s ability to understand
intentions of speakers and use context clues to explain irony and sarcasm. STUDENT
obtained a standard score of XX. STUDENT’s abilities on this task did/not fall within
the average range for students of this age.
(If the score is below average but NOT considered a disorder then add this sentence.)
His/her performance did not, however, emerge in a range that is considered to be an area
of concern at this time.
(If concerns are indicated, add descriptive information regarding test performance as
appropriate.)
Total Test
The Total Test score is a measure of general social language ability. It quantifies a
student’s overall social language performance. STUDENT obtained a standard score of
XX. STUDENT’s social language abilities, as measured by the SLDT did/not fall within
the above average range for students of this age.