About the Measure
| Domains | Omnibus |
| Subscales | Joint Attention—Requesting Objects •Social Interaction—Turn-taking •Communicative Intent—Requesting Continuation of Actions •Communicative Intent—Requesting Assistance •Social Interaction—Response to Greetings •Joint Attention—Receptive Language Joint Attention, Social Interaction, Communicative Intent, Communicative Intent, Social Interaction, Joint Attention, Communicative Intent |
| Target Construct | Oral language: communicative intent Social emotional: Social interaction |
| Description | Assess the pivotal preverbal communication skills children need to develop functional communication. |
| Test Authors | Sharlet Lee Jensen |
| Publisher | Linguisystems (2003) |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| Respondent | Child |
| Prior knowledge Required | Individually administered by speech-language pathologists, psychologists, special education teachers, and early intervention specialists working with a paediatric population |
| Scoring | Manual |
| Time | 30 to 45 minutes |
| Age | 2 years to 10 years |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | NO |
| Norm / Criterion referenced | Criterion referenced |
| Standardisation sample | Not reported |
| Reliability | Insufficient data in the public domain to evaluate |
| Criterion validity | Insufficient data in the public domain to evaluate |
| Construct validity | Insufficient data in the public domain to evaluate |
| Concurrent validity | Insufficient data in the public domain to evaluate |