Screening Test

Phonological Awareness Skills Screener

PASS:

K-2, phonological awareness

What ages is the PASS screener designed for? It is used for older kids who have difficulty developing what skill?

word discrimination, rhyme recognition, syllable blending, phoneme deletion

List 4 Sections of the PASS:

True

T/F: in regard to materials for the PASS screener, other than the test record form, the only other material is 10 blocks/chip tiles of the same color

directions

On the PASS, you can rephrase __________ to make sure the student understands the task, but once testing begins you cannot provide extra help/support/additional instructions

do not administer that section

PASS: If the student cannot understand/perform a task, what do you do?

No

Is there penalization for articulation/SSD errors on the PASS? Yes/No

Can repeat

Repeats on the PASS?

sample items, 3

PASS: discontinue a task if the student cannot form any of the ______ _____ or misses __ items in a row

1, 0

PASS: points - correct = , incorrect = __

PLS-5

Screener that is norm referenced with criterion cut-off scores

0 to 7-11

Age range for the PLS-5:

5-10

the PLS-5 should take ___ minutes to administer

articulation, language, social/interpersonal communication skills, fluency, voice, oral structure

6 areas the PLS-5 measures:

8 for all ages

PLS-5: Pass criterion for the articulation section:

look, listen

PLS-5: Articulation - it is important that you ____ and ______

known/unknown, single, connected

PLS-5: Articulation - look at intelligibility in _____/_______ contexts, ______ word, and ________ speech.

different per age

PLS-5: Language pass criterion is… and requires multiple responses for the child, scored as a 1 or 0

4 or more

PLS-5: Social/Interpersonal Communication Skills (pragmatics) - pass criterion for ALL ages is…

informal

PLS-5: Social/Interpersonal Communication Skills (pragmatics) - can be scored based on ________ observations made throughout the screening

no atypical characteristics

PLS-5: fluency - pass criterion for all ages =

repetitions, prolongation, interjections

PLS-5: Fluency (stuttering) - listen for major disfluency types —> (list 3)

no atypical characteristics

PLS-5: Voice - pass criterion for all ages =

voice

appropriate pitch, hoarse/rough/breathy sound, etc. are all characteristics of which subtest of the PLS-5 screener?

oral structure

PLS-5: only section measured informally =

facial symmetry, open mouth posture, forward tongue posture, etc. —> oral mech stuff

What things are you looking for during the oral structure assessment of the PLS-5?

further evaluation

The purpose of the PLS-5 is to identify children with potential speech and language difficulties who would benefit from further evaluation

manual, response forms

PLS-5: materials (2)

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals

CELF:

CELF screener

individually administered tool designed to screen school-age children, adolescents, and young adults for language disorders; identify individuals who need to be referred for further language assessment

15

The CELF should take about __ minutes to administer.

test protocol and manual

Materials for CELF