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Tests used must be norm-referenced, standardized, age appropriate and specific to the disorder being assessed. The following list of tests is not all-inclusive. When using a test that is not listed below, the provider must include an explanation and justification in the evaluation report to support the use of the chosen test. The Mental Measurement Yearbook (MMY) is the standard reference to determine the reliability and validity of the test(s) administered in the evaluation. Providers should refer to the MMY for additional information regarding specific tests. These definitions are applied to the following lists of accepted tests:
* STANDARDIZED: Tests that are used to determine the presence or absence of deficits; any diagnostic tool or procedure that has a standardized administration and scoring process and compares results to an appropriate normative sample.
* SUPPLEMENTAL: Tests and tools that are used to further document deficits and support standardized results; any non-diagnostic tool that is a screening, a criterion-referenced measure, descriptive in design, a structured probe or an accepted clinical analysis procedure (see next paragraph). Supplemental tests may not replace standardized tests. Exception: A tool(s) from a supplemental list may be used to guide data collection for the purpose of generating an in-depth, functional profile. See Section 214.400, part D, paragraph 8.
* CLINICAL ANALYSIS PROCEDURES: Specific analysis methods used for in-depth examination of clinical data obtained during assessment and used to further document deficits and support standardized results. Clinical analysis procedures may not replace standardized tests. Exception: Procedures from this list may be used to analyze data collected and assist in generating an in-depth, functional profile. (See Section 214.400, part D, paragraph 8.)
* CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: Clinical observations have a supplemental role in the evaluation process and should always be included. They are especially important when standard scores do not accurately reflect a child's deficits in order to qualify the child for therapy. A detailed narrative or description of the child's communication behaviors (in-depth, functional profile) may constitute the primary justification of medical necessity.
* STANDARDIZED SCORING KEY:
Mild: Scores between 84-78; -1.0 standard deviation
Moderate: Scores between 77-71; -1.5 standard deviations
Severe: Scores between 70-64; -2.0 standard deviations
Profound: Scores of 63 or lower; -2.0+ standard deviations
Test | Abbreviation |
Assessment of Language-Related Functional Activities | ALFA |
Assessment of Literacy and Language | ALL |
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function | BRIEF |
Behavioural Assess of the Dysexecutive Syndrome for Children | BADS-C |
Brief Test of Head Injury | BTHI |
Children's Communication Checklist [Diagnostic for pragmatics] | CCC |
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Preschool | CELF-P |
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fourth Edition | CELF-4 |
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Third Edition | CELF-3 |
Communication Abilities Diagnostic Test | CADeT |
Communication Activities of Daily Living, Second Edition | CADL-2 |
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language | CASL |
Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, Second Edition | CREVT-2 |
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing | CTOPP |
Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation - Norm-Referenced | DELV-NR |
Emerging Literacy and Language Assessment | ELLA |
Expressive Language Test | ELT |
Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, 2000 Edition | EOWPVT |
Fullerton Language Test for Adolescents, Second Edition | FLTA |
Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination | GFWTAD |
HELP Test-Elementary | HELP |
Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Third Edition | ITPA-3 |
Language Processing Test - Revised | LPT-R |
Language Processing Test, Third Edition | LPT-3 |
Listening Comprehension Test Adolescent | LCT-A |
Listening Comprehension Test, Second Edition | LCT-2 |
Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition | MAVA |
Mullen Scales of Early Learning | MSEL |
NOTE: Although the MSEL is an accepted standardized test, it is felt by the Therapy Advisory Council (TAC) that an additional test should be administered.
Oral and Written Language Scales | OWLS |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition | PPVT-4 |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition | PPVT-3 |
Phonological Awareness Test | PAT |
Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition | PLS-4 |
Preschool Language Scale, Third Edition | PLS-3 |
Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, Second Edition | ROWPVT-2 |
Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test, Second Edition | REEL-2 |
Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test, Third Edition | REEL-3 |
Ross Information Processing Assessment - Primary | RIPA-P |
Ross Information Processing Assessment, Second Edition | RIPA-2 |
Scales of Cognitive Ability for Traumatic Brain Injury | SCATBI |
Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation, Preschool Edition | SCBE |
Social Language Development Test-Adolescent | SLDT-A |
Social Language Development Test-Elementary | SLDT-E |
Social Responsiveness Scale | SRS |
Social Skills Rating System - Preschool & Elementary Level | SSRS-PE |
Social Skills Rating System - Secondary Level | SSRS-S |
Strong Narrative Assessment Procedure | SNAP |
Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test | SPELT-3 |
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, Third Edition | TOAL-3 |
Test of Adolescent /Adult Word Finding | TAWF |
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, Third Edition | TACL-3 |
Test of Auditory Perceptual Skills - Revised | TAPS-R |
Test of Auditory Perceptual Skills, Third Edition | TAPS-3 |
Test of Auditory Reasoning and Processing Skills | TARPS |
Test of Early Communication and Emerging Language | TECEL |
Test of Early Language Development, Third Edition | TELD-3 |
Test of Language Competence - Expanded Edition | TLC-E |
Test of Language Development - Intermediate, Third Edition | TOLD-I:3 |
Test of Language Development - Primary, Third Edition | TOLD-P:3 |
Test of Narrative Language | TNL |
Test of Phonological Awareness | TOPA |
Test of Pragmatic Language | TOPL |
Test of Pragmatic Language, Second Edition | TOPL-2 |
Test of Problem Solving - Adolescent | TOPS-A |
Test of Problem Solving - Revised Elementary | TOPS-R |
Test of Reading Comprehension, Third Edition | TORC-2 |
Test of Semantic Skills: Intermediate | TOSS-I |
Test of Semantic Skills: Primary | TOSS-P |
Test of Word Finding, Second Edition | TWF-2 |
Test of Word Knowledge | TOWK |
Test of Written Language, Third Edition | TWL-3 |
The Listening Test | |
Wepman's Auditory Discrimination Test, Second Edition | ADT |
Word Test - 2 Adolescent | WT2A |
Word Test - 2 Elementary | WT2E |
Assessment for Persons Profoundly or Severely Impaired | APPSI |
Behavior Analysis Language Instrument | BALI |
Birth to Three Checklist | |
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-4 Screening Test | CELF-4 |
Children's Communication Checklist [Language Screener] | CCC-2 |
CID Early Speech Perception | CID-ESP |
CID Speech Perception Evaluation | CID-SPICE |
CID Teacher Assessment of Grammatical Structures | C ID-TAGS |
Communication Matrix | |
Developmental Sentence Scoring [Lee] | DSS |
Differential Screening Test for Processing | DSTP |
Evaluating Acquired Skills in Communication - Revised | EASIC-R |
Evaluating Acquired Skills in Communication, Third Edition | EASIC-3 |
Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test, Second Edition | Fluharty-2 |
Functional Communication Profile - Revised | FCP-R |
Joliet 3-Minute Preschool Speech and Language Screen | Joliet-P |
Joliet 3-Minute Speech and Language Screen - Revised | Joliet-R |
Kindergarten Language Screening Test | KLST-2 |
MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories | CDIs |
MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories | CDIs |
Nonspeech Test for Receptive/Expressive Language | Nonspeech |
Preschool Language Scale - 4 Screening Test | |
Preverbal Assessment-Intervention Profile | PAIP |
Reynell Developmental Language Scales | Reynell |
Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale | Rossetti |
Screening Test of Adolescent Language | STAL |
Social Communication Questionnaire | SCQ |
Social-Emotional Evaluation | SEE |
Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children - Revised | SCAN-C |
Token Test for Children, Second Edition | TTFC-2 |
Test | Abbreviation |
Mean Length of Utterance | MLU |
Type Token Ratio | TTR |
Developmental Sentence Score | DSS |
Structural analysis (Brown's stages) | |
Semantic analysis | |
Discourse analysis |
Test | Abbreviation |
Apraxia Battery for Adults, Second Edition | ABA-2 |
Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale, Third Edition | Arizona-3 |
Assessment of Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech | AIDS |
Assessment of Phonological Processes - Revised | APPS-R |
Bernthal-Bankson Test of Phonology | BBTOP |
Clinical Assessment of Articulation and Phonology | CAAP |
Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology, U.S. Edition | DEAP |
Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, Second Edition | GFTA-2 |
Hodson Assessment of Phonological Patterns - Third Edition | HAPP-3 |
Kaufman Speech Praxis Test | KSPT |
Khan-Lewis Phonological Analysis | KLPA-2 |
Photo Articulation Test, Third Edition | PAT-3 |
Slosson Articulation Language Test with Phonology | SALT-P |
Smit-Hand Articulation and Phonology Evaluation | SHAPE |
Structured Photographic Articulation Test II Featuring Dudsberry | SPAT-D II |
Stuttering Severity Instrument for Children and Adults | SSI-3 |
Weiss Comprehensive Articulation Test | WCAT |
Test | Abbreviation |
A-19 Scale for Children Who Stutter | A-19 |
Apraxia Profile | |
Assessment of the Child's Experience of Stuttering | ACES |
CALIVIS Rating Scale for School-Age Children Who Stutter | CALMS |
Children's Speech Intelligibility Measure | CSIM |
CID Phonetic Inventory | CID-PI |
CID speech INtelligibility Evaluation | CID-SPINE |
Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children Who Stutter | KiddyCAT |
Communication Attitude Test - Revised | CAT-R |
Computerized Articulation and Phonology Evaluation System | CAPES |
Marshalla Oral Sensorimotor Test | MOST |
Modified Erickson Scale of Communication Attitudes | |
Procedures for the Phonological Analysis of Children's Language [Ingram] | |
Screening Test for Developmental Apraxia of Speech, Second Edition | STDAS-2 |
Secord Contextual Articulation Tests | S-CAT |
Verbal-Motor Production Assessment for Children | VMPAC |
Voice Assessment Protocol for Children and Adults | VAP |
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