PLS-5
Preschool Language Scales
5th Edition
Scoring
Mean = 100
SD = + or - 15
Percentile Rank
Testing
Comprehensive Developmental Language Assessment
Interaction-based Skills
Emerging language
Early literacy
Language skills for 0-7
Pre-verbal
Timing
0-11 Months = 25-35Min
12 Months - 2;11 = 45-55 Min
3;0 - 4;11 = 50-60 Min
5;0-7;11 = 40-50 Min
For Ages 0-7;11
Tests for Language Disorders
Precocious Language Development
Specific Areas Assessed
Attention
To Environment
To People
Play
Gesture
Vocal Development
Social Communication
Semantics
Vocabulary
Qualitative Concepts
Quantitative Concepts
Spatial Concepts
Time/Sequence Concepts
Language Structure
Morphology
Syntax
Integrative Language Skills
Emergent Literacy Skills
Advantages
Accommodates to the Child's Needs
Varies the Sequence of Presentation
Allows the Child to sit on the Caregiver's lap
Allows Short Breaks
Auditory Comprehension Standard Scores
Expressive Communication Standard Scores
Total Language Composite Scores
Reliable
Test-Retest Stability
Split-half Reliability
Valid
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Concurrent
Construct
Internal Structure
Targets Multiple Phonemes within Words
Addresses a Wider Variety of Early Play Behaviors
Engages Children
Colorful Picture Manual
Plastic Manipulatives
Better Hygiene