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