Comprehensive Language

With our spectrum of tools, you can cover the diverse language assessment needs for all age ranges. Our assessments help you understand a student's need for classroom language adaptations, enhancements, or curriculum accommodations or. assess the language skills of preschool children.

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40,000 Selected Words Organized by Letter, Sound, and Syllable

This reference, with an extensive index to help you quickly find the sounds you need, is a must for teaching consonant sounds to all your clients ages 3 through adult. The alphabetical dictionary groups consonant sounds by initial, medial, and final positions and by consonant cluster/blends.

Specialty,Intervention

40,000 Selected Words, CD-ROM Version Organized by Letter, Sound, and Syllable

The best-selling book, 40,000 Selected Words, is now available on CD-ROM making it even easier to search for the phonemes, syllable length, and position of the sound you need. It includes the full phonetic spelling of each word and lists them in alphabetical order enabling you to quickly develop custom lists to practice target sounds with your clients ages 3 through adult.

Specialty,Intervention

Articulation Series on CD-ROM, The

Tired of the same old pictures? The Articulation Series gives you over 2,000 colorful photos!

Assessment of Literacy and Language (ALL)

Identify children preschool through grade 1 who at risk for reading difficulties due to an underlying language disorder.

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool,Screeners

Auditory Continuous Performance Test (ACPT)

Determine if an attention problem is one of the underlying factors contributing to a child's learning problems. Pass/Fail criterion scores indicate whether a child's performance matches that of children with normal attention skills or children identified as having ADHD. The child listens to single words presented on the tape and raises a thumb when the target word is heard. Written by the author of SCAN-3: Tests for Auditory Processing Disorders.

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Bankson-Bernthal Test of Phonology (BBTOP)

Use consonant analysis, phonological process analysis, and whole word accuracy analysis to assess the phonology of children. Elicit sounds in multiple positions with 80 items consisting of colorful pictures in an easel-backed book. Easily score the test by referring to the Record Form examples observed in the standardization sample of 1,000 children.

Specialty

Boehm–3 Preschool

Identify children who lack understanding of basic relational concepts and provide intervention sooner, increasing their chance of success in school. Measure concepts relevant to today's preschool and early childhood curriculum. Quick and easy to administer and score. Children respond favorably to the colorful stimulus materials. Standardized and normed on a nationally representative sample of children. Each concept is tested twice to determine the child's understanding of it across contexts. Includes curriculum-based test summary, observation and intervention planning tool, a parent report form, and suggestions for modifying and adapting administration directions and testing materials for differently able children.

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Spanish,Diagnostic - Preschool

Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination–Third Edition (BDAE–3)

This complete resource for communication modalities includes new testing options for the Boston Naming Test, methods for eliciting discourse, new approaches to scoring and new tests for analyzing reading disorders. , Gain critical insight into your client's functioning by using this practical, individually administered test. , Use BDAE with the Boston Naming Test to detect mild word-retrieval deficits. , The new short form of this authoritative testing instrument provides you rapid access to diagnostic classification and quantitative assessment.

Diagnostic - English

Bracken Basic Concept Scale – Third Edition: Receptive (BBCS-3:R)

The BBCS-3:R (Bracken Basic Concepts Scale, Third Edition: Receptive) helps evaluate the acquisition of basic concepts of a child, which is strongly related to cognitive and language development as well as early childhood academic achievement.

Bracken Basic Concept Scale: Expressive (BBCS:E)

BBCS:E (Bracken Basic Concept Scale: Expressive), assessment helps ensure every child has the basic concepts essential to academic success

Diagnostic - English

Bracken Basic Concept Scale—Revised (BBCS-R)

Assess a child's receptive knowledge of basic concepts. Use results for IEP development and remediation. Use BBCS—R for norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, or curriculum-based assessment. A Spanish edition of the record form is available for criterion-referenced use. Remediate deficiencies in concept acquisition with the Bracken Concept Development Program (BCDP).

Diagnostic - Spanish,Diagnostic - Preschool

Bracken School Readiness Assessment - Third Edition (BSRA-3)

BSRA-3 (Bracken School Readiness Assessment, Third Edition, a non-verbal screener helps determine if a child may have an underlying language disorder that requires further evaluation

Screeners

BSID-II - Parent Articles 1 - More Articles to Enhance Parent Involvement

Share valuable information on speech therapy and speech/language disorders with parents of children 1 to 7 years old. These articles answer frequently asked questions, suggest related activities to enhance children's speech and language skills, and feature a glossary of terms, important cross references, and additional resources for further reading.

Intervention

Burns Brief Inventory of Communication and Cognition (Burns Inventory)

Quickly and efficiently evaluate clients who have communication or cognitive deficits as a result of a neurological injury. Three Inventories—Right Hemisphere, Left Hemisphere, and Complex Neuropathology—are included to help you determine which skills are impaired and may be appropriate for intervention. Plot your results on the Record Form's target treatment grid to determine a starting point and set goals for intervention.

Diagnostic - English,Specialty

CELF® - Preschool-2

CELF Preschool-2 provides a variety of subtests to comprehensively test the language skills of preschool aged children who will be in an academic-oriented setting.

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool

CELF® - Preschool-2 Scoring Assistant

Now you can quickly and accurately score test results.

Diagnostic - Preschool

CELF® Preschool-2 Spanish

Comprehensive language evaluation for Spanish-speaking preschool children.

Diagnostic - Spanish,Diagnostic - Preschool

CELF®–3 Screening Test

Efficiently screen students ages 6:0 through 21:11. Updated in 2004 (see CELF-4 Screening Test)

Diagnostic - English

CELF®-4 Scoring Assistant®

CELF-4 Scoring Assistant helps improve your productivity as it calculates the Core Language score, norm-referenced indexes, and criterion- referenced cut scores.

Diagnostic - English

CELF®-4 Screening Test

Save time with the CELF-4 Screening Test, which parallels the most discriminating items from CELF-4 in a brief format that is easy to administer and score.

Screeners

CELF-4® Spanish

Different Languages, Common Goals – enhanced to better address the needs of clinicians who work with Spanish speaking children and young adults.

Diagnostic - Spanish

CELF-4® Spanish Scoring Assistant

Fast, efficient scoring and graphical reports for CELF-4 Spanish

Diagnostic - Spanish

Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS)

This brief, 15-item behavior rating scale helps to identify and classify children with autism and to distinguish them from developmentally delayed children who do not have autism. Distinguishes mile-to-moderate from severe autism. Includes items from five prominent systems for diagnosing autism. Each item covers a particular characteristic, ability, or behavior.

Diagnostic - Preschool

Children’s Communication Checklist—2 U.S. Edition (CCC—2)

The CCC—2 was developed as a parent or caregiver rating scale, which rates aspects of communication, screens for general language and pragmatic language impairment.

Diagnostic - English

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals® - Fourth Edition (CELF® - 4)

(CELF-4), features a new approach to assessment that enables you to accurately and reliably assess a student's language difficulties in one-third the time. With improved diagnostic power, CELF-4 uses a four-step assessment approach to identify students with language disorders quickly and with confidence. Administer the core subtests, four of CELF-4's most discriminating subtests, to obtain a Total Language Score to determine if a problem exists and if the student qualifies for services.

Diagnostic - English

Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT)

The Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT) assists you in quickly identifying strengths and weaknesses in five cognitive domains (attention, memory, executive functions, language, and visuospatial skills) of adults with neurological impairment due to strokes, head injury, or dementia.

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Spanish

Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL)

Your ultimate oral language assessment tool. An in-depth, research-based, theory-driven assessment of oral language skills.

Diagnostic - English

Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Second Edition (CTONI-2)

An individually administered measure of nonverbal reasoning.

Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP)

DEAP—Now you can assess articulation and phonology using ONE test

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool,Screeners

Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation™ — Screening Test (DELV™ - Screening Test)

The Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation™—Screening Test is an individually administered screening test to distinguish variations due to normal developmental language changes or to regional and cultural patterns of language difference from true markers of language disorder or delay.

Screeners,Specialty

Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation™ (DELV™) — Norm-Referenced

Neutralize the effects of language variations to accurately diagnose speech and language disorders.

Diagnostic - English,Specialty

East Meets West, Second Edition

Using Children’s Books As Clinical Intervention For Language And Reading Disabilities.

Everyday Language Combo

Engaging CD activities make skill-building fun!

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Briefs

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool,Screeners,Specialty,Intervention

FLUHARTY 2

Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test. An individually administered assessment of articulation, expressive/receptive vocabulary, and composite language

Screeners

Fonologia en Espanol: Tratamiento CD-ROM

Spanish Phonology: Intervention

Gilliam Asperger's Disorder Scale (GADS)

Evaluate children with unique behavioral problems who may have Asperger's Disorder and differentiate from those who have autism or other related pervasive developmental disabilities. Use in the assessment process, to document behavioral progress, to target goals for IEPs, and for research purposes. A parent or professional who knows the child provides documentation about the essential behavior characteristics of Asperger's Disorder necessary for diagnosis. Thirty-two clearly stated items divided into four subscales describe specific, observable, and measurable behaviors.

Diagnostic - Preschool

Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation 2

A systematic measure of articulation of consonant sounds for children and young adults.

Great Beginnings for Early Language Learning

Nouns 1, Nouns 2, Concepts, Associations, and Prepositions.

Look! Listen! Learn Language: Version 2 on CD-ROM

Early intervention activities for language development

Oral Language Acquisition Inventory & The Oracy Instructional Guide, The (OLAI)

Assess and develop children’s English language skills with an integrated language and literacy program

Intervention

OWLS: Listening Comprehension (LC) Scale & Oral Expression (OE) Scale

Quickly Administered and Scored. Listening Comprehension (LC) and Oral Expression (OE)Scales. An individually administered assessment of receptive and expressive language for children and young adults.

OWLS: Written Expression (WE) Scale

Measure important writing skills. An assessment of written language for children and young adults administered individually or in small groups.

Parent Articles 2 More Articles to Enhance Parent Involvement

Share a wealth of information with parents of preschool and school-age children with communication disorders. Cover topics ranging from specific disorders and explanations to activities parents can do at home with their children. This resource covers the emotional realities of living with a child who has special needs, and offers practical advice and encouragement. Several articles are written by parents, for parents.

Intervention

Parent Articles for Early Intervention

Help parents understand their role in their child's therapy. Provide parents with pages of practical information on therapeutic ways to interact with their child with special needs—102 reproducible articles in all. Give these articles to parents of children, ages birth through 3 years who have physical and communication disorders. Photocopy the specific articles you need for each client. Parents will get pointers on how to care for their child and ways to encourage development.

Intervention

Peabody Early Experiences Kit (PEEK)

Activities for cognitive, social and language skill development

Intervention

Peabody Language Development Kits (PLDK-1)

Stimulate language learning with fun-filled activities

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition (PPVT™-4)

PPVT™-4: Quick. Easy. Reliable. We are pleased to bring you the fourth edition of the renowned Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT™-4). With the release of this edition, we continue the tradition of providing outstanding vocabulary assessment that has been unsurpassed for nearly a half century. Quick, easy, and reliable as ever, the PPVT™-4 assists you in your key role of fostering growth in language and literacy.

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition (PPVT-III)

Quick, easy, and reliable vocabulary assessment.

Pervasive Developmental Disorders Screening Test-II (PDDST-II)

Detect autism at an early age to begin intervention

Diagnostic - Preschool

Pre-Reading Inventory of Phonological Awareness (PIPA)

The premier test for preliterate children on the path to reading success

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool

Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition (PLS-4) English Edition

Introducing Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition (PLS–4) English Edition. The newest edition of PLS–4 will provide you with developmental milestones, based on the latest research. With input from speech pathologists around the U. S. , PLS–4 will have expanded coverage of language skills and new norms to obtain an even more accurate picture of a child's language skills. We listened, we learned, and we improved it. PLS–4 enhancements are a direct result of your input.   Some of the exciting features you'll see are: New Norms based on 2000 U. S. Census figures for children birth through 6 years. The new norms are based on a larger, more diverse sample of approximately 1,500 children, including children with disabilities.

Diagnostic - English

Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition (PLS-4) Measure of Progress

Now, Scores that Track the Language Progress You See in Your Clients. The PLS-4 Measure of Progress allows you to record and track those significant improvements a young child makes in language development that are not reflected by the child's standard scores.

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Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition (PLS-4) Spanish Edition

PLS-4 Spanish Edition has all the great benefits and enhancements of the English edition of PLS-4. PLUS, it is not simply a translation of the English version. It has been developed with Spanish speakers specifically in mind. Original PLS items were modified to reflect cultural experiences common to many Spanish subgroups and new items were developed in conjunction with items for the English edition. Alternate vocabulary that reflects regional differences for Spanish speakers in the Caribbean and Central and South America are listed on the Record Form. Experts in the field reviewed PLS-4 Spanish test items to ensure that the items are appropriate for a diverse range of Spanish speakers.

Diagnostic - Spanish

Pyramids and Palm Trees Test, The

Determine the degree to which a subject can retrieve semantic information from pictures.

Diagnostic - English

Response to Intervention: An Alternative to Special Education (RTI)

Identify and address learning problems early on

Ross Information Processing Assessment – Geriatric (RIPA–G)

Quantify deficits and determine severity levels for each skill area, and develop rehabilitation goals and objectives, Profile key areas basic to communicative and cognitive-linguistic functions. Assess treatment efficacy and document progress. Administer individual subtests in 10 minutes. Two supplemental subtests determine the existence of a coexisting aphasia, anomia, or alexia.

Diagnostic - English,Specialty

Ross Information Processing Assessment – Second Edition (RIPA–2e)

Quantify communication and cognitive deficits, establish severity ratings, and develop treatment goals for clients following traumatic brain injury. Measure areas basic to communicative and cognitive function. The test/retest structure providesobjective data to assess the effectiveness of treatment. Reliability and validity studies performed on individuals with traumatic brain injury are reported.

Diagnostic - English

Second Language Acquisition in Children: Considerations for Assessment


In-depth information about testing children who are learning a second language.

Speech-Ease Screening Inventory

Screen critical language skills. An individually administered assessment of articulation, expressive/receptive vocabulary, and auditory comprehension for children.

Screeners

Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test 3 (SPELT®–3)

Revised edition includes new photos and items, updated norms, and added chapters in the manual. 54 new full-color photographs of everyday situations and objects are paired with simple verbal questions and statements to elicit specific morphological and syntactic structures. Readily identify language strengths and weaknesses in the area of morphology and syntax. Analyze specific language structures that may not occur in spontaneous language samples. Updated pictures reflect a more current or non-biased representation of familiar contexts. New reliability and validity studies are reported.

Diagnostic - English

Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test—Preschool 2

Probe a child’s ability to generate early developing morphological and syntactic forms

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool

Teaching Morphology Developmentally Methods and Materials for Teaching Bound Morphology (Revised)

This widely used, effective program helps you teach students ages 2½ through 10 years more than 1,000 vocabulary words and 700 bound morphemes with colorful and reproducible materials.

Intervention

Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language-3rd Edition (TACL-3)

An individually administered measure of receptive spoken grammar and syntax.

Diagnostic - English

Test for Reception of Grammar–Version 2

Measure an individual’s understanding of grammatical contrasts

Diagnostic - English

Test of Adolescent and Adult Language - Fourth Edition (TOAL-4)

A measure of receptive and expressive language skills. Assess listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.

Diagnostic - English

Test of Early Language Development, Third Edition (TELD-3)

An individually administered test of spoken language abilities.

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool

Test of Early Reading Ability (TERA-3)

A measure of early reading abilities.

Specialty

Test of Language Competence – Expanded Edition (TLC–Expanded)

Use this tool to determine students' language strategies, assist in developing remediation plans, and write Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals and objectives. , Diagnose disorders of higher-level language function. , TLC–Expanded is an excellent complement to basic language skills testing with CELF®–3. , Subtests include Ambiguous Sentences, Listening Comprehension: Making Inferences, Oral Expression: Recreating Speech Acts, Figurative Language, and a supplemental memory subtest. , Quick Screening Composite (based on two subtests) helps you determine the need for further testing.

Diagnostic - English

Test of Language Development—Intermediate, Third Edition(TOLD–I:3)

Assess the understanding and meaningful use of spoken language and aspects of grammar. This edition features norms representative of the U. S. population and stratified by age. The test is unbiased relative to gender and race.

Diagnostic - English

Test of Language Development-Intermediate, 4th Edition (TOLD-I:4)

An individually administered language battery.

Diagnostic - English

Test of Language Development-Primary, Fourth Edition (TOLD-P:4)

An individually administered language battery.

Diagnostic - English,Diagnostic - Preschool

Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Third Edition (TONI-3)

A language-free assessment of nonverbal intelligence and reasoning abilities.

Specialty

Test of Phonological Awareness in Spanish (TPAS)

Measures phonological awareness ability in Spanish-speaking children

Specialty

Test of Reading Comprehension, Fourth Edition (TORC-4)

A test of silent reading comprehension

Specialty

Test of Word Knowledge (TOWK)

The Test of Word Knowledge (TOWK) identifies students who lack (or excel in) the semantic skills and repertories that are the foundation of mature language use in thinking, learning, and communication. It also provides a valuable criterion measure for evaluating residual or recovered semantic knowledge following traumatic head injury or acquired aphasia. TOWK evaluates knowledge of figurative language, multiple meanings, conjunctions and transition words, receptive and expressive vocabulary, and more. You can evaluate specific problem areas or administer all subtests as a comprehensive assessment of semantic skills.

Diagnostic - English

Test of Written Language - Intermediate, 4th Edition (TOWL-4)

A norm-referenced, comprehensive diagnostic test of written expression

Diagnostic - English,Specialty

Therapy Services in the Classroom: Creating Student Success

Learn practical strategies for managing classroom services

Intervention

TheraSimplicity

Your on-the-go intervention tool

TPC Phonetic Font

Create professional looking reports and progress notes without hand written International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols. The TPC Phonetic Font, a TrueType font, can be used with any word processor whenever you need to indicate specific sounds or the pronunciation of a word.

Specialty

TWF-2 & TAWF: Test of Word Finding

Assessments of expressive word-finding disorders.

Specialty

Western Aphasia Battery (WAB)

Evaluate clinical aspects of language function, as well as reading, writing, calculation ability, and nonverbal skills.

Diagnostic - English

Western Aphasia Battery–Revised

Two tools in one—a complete battery and a bedside instrument to quickly diagnose moderate to severe aphasia

Diagnostic - English

Wiig Criterion-Referenced Inventory of Language (Wiig CRIL)

Use as follow-up for norm-referenced testing. Obtain baseline information, target specific skill areas for intervention, develop Individual Education Plan (IEP) objectives, and assess progress. Language probe sets are organized into four modules: Semantics, Pragmatics, Morphology, and Syntax. Record Form provides space for three administrations to determine progress over time.

Diagnostic - English

Word Finding Intervention Program, Second Edition (WFIP-2)

Retrieval strategies for children and adults

Intervention