Assessments - Types

Question 1

Name x3 common language assessments

Answer 1

Renfrew
CELF
TROG

Question 2

What does the CELF-5 measure? Examples? Age?

Answer 2

Comprehensive language assessment
E.g. Sentence comprehension, Word structure, Understanding spoken paragraphs
Suitable for 5;0-21;11

Question 3

What are x3 advantages of the CELF-5?

Answer 3

1. Standardised - provides comparison with age groups
2. Very comprehensive
3. Widely used

Question 3

What are x3 disadvantages of the CELF-5?

Answer 3

1. High cognitive load
2. No breaks - long process (2 hours)
3. Inflexible scoring

Question 4

What does Renfrew-5 measure? Age?

Answer 4

10 picture action cards
Verbal expression
Children 3-8 years old
2019

Question 5

What are x3 advantages of the Renfrew-5?

Answer 5

1. Quick and easy
2. Normed at monthly intervals - easy comparison
3. Checks for intelligibility

Question 6

What are x3 disadvantages of the Renfrew-5?

Answer 6

1. Does not assess BSL grammar
2. Only a screen - bigger language sample needed
3. Can be difficult to transcribe unintelligible speech

Question 7

What does the TROG measure? Age? What does it involve?

Answer 7

Receptive grammar - understanding of grammatical contrasts
4 years - adult
Consists of 80 four-choice items - The child has to decide which picture, out of the choice of four, goes with a sentence which is read aloud.
£311

Question 8

What are x3 advantages of the TROG?

Answer 8

1. Quick and easy - 10-20 mins
2. Standardised
3. Can be used to measure progress from one year to the next

Question 9

What are x3 disadvantages of the TROG?

Answer 9

1. Only assesses understanding of a restricted range of 20 grammatical structures.
2. Does not assess general conversations
3. Cannot be translated into BSL

Question 10

Name x3 common speech assessments

Answer 10

Nuffield
DEAP
Phonological screening assessment

Question 11

What does the Nuffield measure?

Answer 11

Mainly for CAS
Designed primarily for 3-7 years
Combination of formal and informal assessment
Starts with simpler speech sounds to more complex

Question 12

What are x3 advantages of the Nuffield?

Answer 12

1. Therapy as well as assessment
2. Can be tailored to the client
3. Uses early speech skills to progress to connected speech

Question 13

What are x3 disadvantages of the Nuffield?

Answer 13

1. Child needs to be able to take feedback
2. Needs to have some meta skills e.g. understanding sounds, blending
3. Needs to be able to sit and attend

Question 14

What does the DEAP measure?

Answer 14

3;6-6;11 years
Assesses articulation, phonology & oral motor disorders
x5 subtests

Question 15

What are x3 advantages of the DEAP?

Answer 15

1. Diagnostic screen only takes 5 mins and pinpoints difficulty
2. Easy to use
3. Clear quantitative analysis e.g. allows you to get a PCC percentage

Question 16

What are x3 disadvantages of the DEAP? (Short)

Answer 16

1. Scary pictures
2. Multiple stages
3. Costly - almost £500

Question 17

What does the Phonological screening assessment assess?

Answer 17

Informal assessment for screening children and
adults with speech sound difficulties
3+ years
32 picture cards - stimulus targeting 100 common words

Question 18

What are x3 advantages of the Phonological screening assessment?

Answer 18

1. Especially suitable for children with attention difficulties.
2. Quick and flexible to use
3. Ideas for games to play to make assessment fun

Question 19

What are x2 disadvantages of the Phonological screening assessment?

Answer 19

1. Screening only - further tests needed e.g. STAP
2. Complete range of consonants and clusters aren’t covered