About the Measure
| Domains | Language |
| Subscales | Structural and pragmatic language. Also Social Interaction Deviance Composite |
| Target Construct | Oral language: Speech, syntax, semantic, coherence, inappropriate initiation, stereotyped language, use of context, nonverbal communication, social relations, interests. |
| Description | The 70-item questionnaire completed by a caregiver screens for communication problems in children aged 4 to 16 years. It can be hand or electronically scored. Screens for children who are likely to have language impairment, identify pragmatic impairment in children with communication problems, assists in identifying children who may merit from further assessment for an autistic spectrum disorder. |
| Test Authors | Bishop, D. |
| Publisher | Pearson (2003) |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| Respondent | Parents or adults with regular contact with children |
| Prior knowledge Required | Psychologists , speech or occupational therapists, mental health professionals and health practitioners with appropriate Graduate and professional qualifications in their field of practice. |
| Scoring | Checklist completed by respondent. |
| Time | 5 to 15 minutes |
| Age | 4 years to 16 years and 11 months. |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | YES |
| Norm / Criterion referenced | Norm referenced |
| Standardisation sample | 542 |
| Reliability | Internal consistency 0.66 to 0.80. All items cluster together coherently. Inter rater reliability for speech 0.53, syntax 0.52, semantics 0.44, coherence 0.29, inappropriate initiation 0.34, stereotyped language 0.5. General communication composite 0.39 and social interaction deviance composite 0.79 |
| Criterion validity | Significant effect of group (clinical versus control) and scheffé posthoc tests yielded significant differences between control and all clinical samples |
| Construct validity | Insufficient data in the public domain to evaluate |
| Concurrent validity | Insufficient data in the public domain to evaluate |