Speech and language assessment

Common speech and language therapy assessments include:

For children

Many assessments exist for investigating children's language. Here is a selection of commonly used assessments by speech and language therapy services in the UK:

  • Talking Point Check the progress of your child's language development
  • British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS)[1] - a receptive assessment of vocabulary
  • Test for Reception of Grammar (TROG)[2] - understanding of language (grammar)
  • Preverbal Communication Schedule (PVCS) [3] - preverbal communication checklist
  • Derbyshire picture test[4] - simple understanding
  • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF-4)[5][6] - Assesses receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language.
  • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Pre-School (CELF-P)[7] - Assesses receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language skills in Pre-School aged children.
  • Assessment of Comprehension and Expression 6-11 (ACE 6-11)[8] - a battery of receptive, expressive and pragmatic language tests
  • RAPT - picture naming and grammar/content analysis
  • RWFVS - Picture naming/vocabulary test
  • STASS - expressive grammar
  • The Bus Story Test - early narrative assessment
  • CLEAR - phonology screening assessment
  • STAP - expressive phonology
  • DEAP - expressive phonology
  • Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R)[9][10]
  • Language for Thinking assessment - inferential thinking and understanding

For adults
  • PALPA - Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia
  • Boston diagnostic battery
  • Boston Naming Test[11][12]
  • Western Aphasia Battery (WAB)[12]
  • Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia (RCBA)[12]
  • Confrontation naming tests

See also

References
  1. "British Picture Vocabulary Scale II(BPVS II)" (PDF). Early Language and Intercultural Acquisition Studies (ELIAS). 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. "Test for Reception of Grammar (TROG)". Pearson Education Limited. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. "Preverbal Communication Schedule". Complexneeds. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  4. "Derbyshire picture test". Medoc Computers Ltd. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  5. Paslawski, T. (2005). "The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fourth Edition (CELF-4): A Review". Canadian Journal of School Psychology. 20 (1–2): 129–134. doi:10.1177/0829573506295465.
  6. "Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Fourth Edition". Pearson Education Limited. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  7. "Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Preschool-2". Pearson Education Limited. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  8. "Assessment of Comprehension and Expression 6-11 - GL Assessment". GL Assessment. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  9. Lloyd M. Dunn; Leota M. Dunn; Gary J. Robertson & Jay L. Eisenberg (1981). "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised (PPVT-R) - National Longitudinal Surveys". National Longitudinal Surveys - Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  11. Baldo, JV.; Arévalo, A.; Patterson, JP.; Dronkers, NF. (Mar 2013). "Grey and white matter correlates of picture naming: evidence from a voxel-based lesion analysis of the Boston Naming Test" (PDF). Cortex. 49 (3): 658–67. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2012.03.001. PMC 3613759. PMID 22482693.
  12. Raymer, A.; Kohen, F. (2006). "Word-retrieval treatment in aphasia: Effects of sentence context". J Rehabil Res Dev. 43 (3): 367–78. doi:10.1682/JRRD.2005.01.0028. PMID 17041822.

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