Assessment of Communication
Informal Communication assessment
Communicative intention
100

Does comprehension differentiate between late talker and language impaired?

YES! 

100

12-18 months 

-understanding words without nonlinguistic cues

-name of a family member; label for game, kiss or drink 

-nouns: place a collection of objects before child that the parent indicated they may know and ask them to point to or hand you one 

100

Formal Measures 

CSBS 

200

Why is comprehension important?

understanding words in second year of life is predictive of both expressive and receptive language development as much as 2.5 years later 

200

18-24 months 

-understanding two-term instructions

-expressing 2 semantic relation combinations: action-object, action-location

-present unusual combinations: use words child succeed on in previous assessment: hug a shoe 

-step back if child fails to respond correctly 

200

Informal 

-observe child playing w/ interesting toys and familiar adult: evidence of spontaneous use

-if intentional behaviors are not observe elicit through temptations

-if not observed: still in perlocutionary stage: check for foundational skills such as reciprocity and shared attention 

300

Parent Report Assessment:

MCDI- less reliable than for expressive language use comprehension strategies, some parents will say they "understand everything"

300

24-36 months 

-understanding three-term instructions

-agent-action-object, agent-action-location

-still rely on probable event strategy i.e mommy feed the baby, baby feeds mommy

-test of basic 2-3 year comprehension skills using a series of probably agent action object sentences

300

How do we evaluate communicative intentions?

in terms of a range of communicative functions expressed, frequency of communication, communicative means 

400

Formal Measures:

if successful at 24-36 month level: use PPVT, ROWVT, TOPV, CELF-P 

400

past 36 months 

use formal testing 

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