Assessment
What does CASL-2 stand for?
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language-2
What were the 2 areas that Annie scored below average?
Receptive language Index
-Sum of standard scores: 265
-Percentile Rank: 14
Lexical/Semantic Index:
-Sum of Standard Scores: 261
-Percentile Rank: 10
Describe a therapy activity you could use with Annie to improve her Receptive Language index.
WH questions
Following Direction games
Description games (Pictionary)
What does the CASL-2 measure?
measures oral language processing skills of comprehension and expression across four categories: lexical/semantic, syntactic, supralinguistic, and pragmatic.
You are administering the CASL-2 to a 13 year old. How would the test administration differ from Annie’s?
you would administer the idiomatic language test in addition to the others
What do you do if the client does not meet the basal rule during administration of the CASL-2?
Go back and administer items before the Start Item in reverse order until a basal of four consecutive correct items is established.
How did Annie’s general language ability index score compare to her same age peers?
-She scored average in comparison to same age peers
GLAI Sum of standard scores: 475
Standard Score by age: 94
Percentile Rank: 34
Describe Annie’s mannerisms during the assessment
She cooperated well, but seemed to give up a little towards the end of each assessment, often answering “I don’t know”
What would be the appropriate age range to administer the CASL-2 to?
3 years to 21 years
You administered the CASL-2 to a 12-year-old client and they scored below average in sentence comprehension. What are some therapy strategies you could use in future sessions?
Matching the picture with the sentence the clinician reads/ following directions
What did Annie do when she did not know the correct response? As a clinician, how would you respond to Annie?
Annie said, “I don’t know.”
Repeat the item once since she appears to not understand it.
What was Annie’s Pragmatic Language standard score? Where did this put her in comparison to same age peers?
87
Average
Describe a therapy activity you could use with Annie to improve her Semantic index.
Comparative questions activities- if reading a story, ask questions comparing characters. Also, ask questions about opposites (which character is older, what is their weather vs ours (cold vs hot)).
Sorting activities- Students group pictures according to similarities.
Word card activities- matching picture and word cards
What is the average time to administer each test?
5-10 minutes per test; 45 minutes for General Language Ability Index
You are evaluating a 5-year-old with Autism. Name one test you would administer within the CASL-2? Why?
The Pragmatic Language Test (it is useful for assessing social communication skills in people with autism. It is the only performance test that measures pragmatic language abilities in children under age 6.)
Which test in the CASL-2 was Annie not administered? Why?
Idiomatic Language
The test is normed for ages 9-21 , Annie is 8 years and 4 months.
What were the 3 indexes that Annie scored in the average range in?
Expressive Language Index
Syntactic Index
Supralinguistic Index
Compare Receptive Language vs. Expressive Language
Receptive language refers to how you understand language. Expressive language refers to how you use words/gestures/signs to express yourself.
CASL-2 Measures spoken language across what four structural categories?
Lexical/semantic
Syntactic
Supralinguistic
Pragmatic
What are some considerations when giving the CASL-2 to children of different cultures/ backgrounds?
Possibly using alternative scoring guidelines for African American dialect.
Name the four tests under the Syntactic Test Easel.
CASL-2 Sentence Expression
CASL-2 Grammatical Morphemes
CASL-2 Sentence Comprehension
CASL-2 Grammaticality Judgment
Identify and Fix the summary statement presented below (Hint there are 4 errors):
Annie's General Language Ability Index score is considered Below Average when compared to same age peers. Annie scored in the Average range for the Receptive Language index and Lexical/Semantic index. She scored in the Below Average range for the Expressive Language index, Syntactic index and Supralinguistic index. Annie's Pragmatic Language score is within the Below Average range when compared to same age peers.
Annie's General Language Ability Index score is considered Average when compared to same age peers. Annie scored in the Below Average range for the Receptive Language index and Lexical/Semantic index. She scored in the Average range for the Expressive Language index, Syntactic index and Supralinguistic index. Annie's Pragmatic Language score is within the Average range when compared to same age peers.
What are the 5 domains of Language
Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics
What is the basal and ceiling rule on the CASL-2?
Basal Rule: Score of 1 on 4 consecutive items.
Ceiling Rule: Score of 0 on 4 consecutive items.
What is one thing you learned in this simucase/ about this test that you will apply in your practice?