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Speech and language assessment

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Common speech and language therapy assessments include:

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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) - a receptive assessment of vocabulary
  • Test for Reception of Grammar (TROG) - understanding of language (grammar)
  • Preverbal Communication Schedule (PVCS) - preverbal communication checklist
  • Derbyshire picture test - simple understanding
  • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF-4) - Assesses receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language.
  • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Pre-School (CELF-P) - Assesses receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language skills in Pre-School aged children.
  • Assessment of Comprehension and Expression 6-11 (ACE 6-11) - 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)
  • Language for Thinking assessment - inferential thinking and understanding

    • For adults

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

    • References

    Speech and language assessment Wikipedia
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