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Name: Celine Prescott Test Date: 2/14/2005

Date of Birth: 8/14/2000 Age at Testing: 4 years 6 months

Sex: Female Report Date: 2/14/2005

Grade: Pre-Kindergarten Examiner: Lisa Anderson

Parent(s): Alice Prescott Teacher: Maria Lopez

Address: 1230 Havenhurst Dr. School: Franklin Head Start Center

Anderson, CT Referred By: Maria Lopez

Summary Report

Level 1-Identifying whether or not there is a language disorder

Subtest and Index Scores Raw

Score

Scaled

Score

Standard

Score

Cl*

90% Level

PR* PR* Cl*

90% Level

Age

Eq.*

S* NCE*

Sentence Structure 12 8 N/A 6 to 10 25 9 to 50 3:11 4 36

Word Structure 7 5 N/A 3 to 7 5 1 to 16 <3:0 2 15

Expressive Vocabulary 6 4 N/A 2 to 6 2 0.4 to 9 <3:0 1 8

Core Language Score N/A N/A 75 69 to 81 5 2 to 10 N/A 2 15

Level 2-Describing the nature of the disorder

Subtest and Index Scores Raw

Score

Scaled

Score

Standard

Score

Cl*

90% Level

PR* PR* Cl*

90% Level

Age

Eq.*

S* NCE*

Sentence Structure 12 8 N/A 6 to 10 25 9 to 50 3:11 4 36

Concepts & Following Directions 6 5 N/A 3 to 7 5 1 to 16 3:2 2 15

Basic Concepts 14 7 N/A 4 to 10 16 2 to 50 3:9 3 29

Receptive Language Index N/A N/A 81 74 to 88 10 4 to 21 N/A 2 23

Word Structure 7 5 N/A 3 to 7 5 1 to 16 <3:0 2 15

Expressive Vocabulary 6 4 N/A 2 to 6 2 0.4 to 9 <3:0 1 8

Recalling Sentences 20 10 N/A 9 to 11 50 37 to 63 4:11 5 50

Expressive Language Index N/A N/A 79 73 to 85 8 4 to 16 N/A 2 21

Expressive Vocabulary 6 4 N/A 2 to 6 2 0.4 to 9 <3:0 1 8

Concepts & Following Directions 6 5 N/A 3 to 7 5 1 to 16 3:2 2 15

Basic Concepts 14 7 N/A 4 to 10 16 2 to 50 3:9 3 29

Language Content Index N/A N/A 73 66 to 80 4 1 to 9 N/A 2 12

Sentence Structure 12 8 N/A 6 to 10 25 9 to 50 3:11 4 36

Word Structure 7 5 N/A 3 to 7 5 1 to 16 <3:0 2 15

Recalling Sentences 20 10 N/A 9 to 11 50 37 to 63 4:11 5 50

Language Structure Index N/A N/A 86 80 to 92 18 9 to 30 N/A 3 30

Word Classes–Receptive 9 6 N/A 4 to 8 9 2 to 25 <4:0 2 22

Word Classes–Expressive 0 4 N/A 3 to 5 2 1 to 5 <4:0 1 8

Word Classes–Total N/A 5 N/A 4 to 6 5 2 to 9 <4:0 2 15

CI*–Confidence Interval PR*–Percentile Rank Age Eq.*–Age Equivalent S*–Stanine NCE*–Normal Curve Equivalent

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Level 3-Evaluating early classroom and literacy fundamentals

Raw Score Criterion Score Rating

Phonological Awareness 7 > or = 9 Did Not Meet

Pre-Literacy Rating Scale 48 > or = 56 Did Not Meet

Raw Score Percentile Range

Recalling Sentences In Context 27 60–64

Discrepancy Comparisons

Indexes Score 1 Score 2 Difference Critical

Value

Significant

Difference

(Y or N)

Prevalence Statistically

Significant

Level

Receptive–Expressive Language Index 81 79 2 11 N 46.9% .05

Language Content–Structure Index 73 86 - 13 11 Y 7.5% .05

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Core and Indexes

Standard

Score

Confidence

Interval

Core Language Score (CLS) 75 69 to 81

Receptive Language Index (RLI) 81 74 to 88

Expressive Language Index (ELI) 79 73 to 85

Language Content Index (LCI) 73 66 to 80

Language Structure Index (LSI) 86 80 to 92

Note: Shaded area represents the average range (86-114).

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Subtest

Scaled

Score

Confidence

Interval

Sentence Structure (SS) 8 6 to 10

Word Structure (WS) 5 3 to 7

Expressive Vocabulary (EV) 4 2 to 6

Concepts & Following Directions (C&FD) 5 3 to 7

Basic Concepts (BC) 7 4 to 10

Recalling Sentences (RS) 10 9 to 11

Word Classes–Receptive (WC-R) 6 4 to 8

Word Classes–Expressive (WC-E) 4 3 to 5

Word Classes–Total (WC-T) 5 4 to 6

Note: Shaded area represents the average range (7-13).

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Core and Indexes

Percentile

Rank

Confidence

Interval

Core Language Score (CLS) 5 2 to 10

Receptive Language Index (RLI) 10 4 to 21

Expressive Language Index (ELI) 8 4 to 16

Language Content Index (LCI) 4 1 to 9

Language Structure Index (LSI) 18 9 to 30

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Subtest

Percentile

Rank

Confidence

Interval

Sentence Structure (SS) 25 9 to 50

Word Structure (WS) 5 1 to 16

Expressive Vocabulary (EV) 2 0.4 to 9

Concepts & Following Directions (C&FD) 5 1 to 16

Basic Concepts (BC) 16 2 to 50

Recalling Sentences (RS) 50 37 to 63

Word Classes–Receptive (WC-R) 9 2 to 25

Word Classes–Expressive (WC-E) 2 1 to 5

Word Classes–Total (WC-T) 5 2 to 9

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Narrative Report

REASON FOR REFERRAL

Celine attends the Franklin Head Start program and receives speech and language services for a receptive and

expressive language delay. She was referred for evaluation to determine if she continues to qualify for services and

determine progress. There are no identifiable sensory, behavioral, or emotional concerns.

BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS

Celine’s activity level throughout the test was generally appropriate. Celine maintained attention most of the time. Her

attention to task generally lasted 3 to 5 minutes. Responses were generally given in 0 to 15 seconds. She engaged in

test-appropriate conversation most of the time.

CELF PRESCHOOL–2 CORE LANGUAGE SCORE

Celine was administered the three subtests of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool–Second

Edition (CELF Preschool–2) from which the Core Language score was derived. The Core Language score is

considered to be the most representative measure of Celine’s language skills and provides an easy and reliable way to

quantify a child’s overall language performance. The Core Language score has a mean of 100 and a standard

deviation of 15. A score of 100 on this scale represents the performance of a typically developing child of a given age.

For Celine’s Core Language score, the following subtests were administered:

Sentence Structure

Word Structure

Expressive Vocabulary

Celine received a Core Language score of 75 (confidence interval = 69 to 81, percentile rank = 5). This score is in the

low range of developmental functioning.

CELF PRESCHOOL–2 RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE INDEX

The Receptive Language index is a cumulative measure of Celine’s performance on three subtests designed to best

probe receptive aspects of language including comprehension and listening. The Receptive Language index has a

mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. A score of 100 on this scale represents the performance of a typically

developing child of a given age.

For Celine’s Receptive Language index, the following subtests were administered:

Sentence Structure

Concepts & Following Directions

Basic Concepts

Celine received a Receptive Language index of 81 (confidence interval = 74 to 88, percentile rank = 10). This score is

in the borderline range of developmental functioning.

CELF PRESCHOOL–2 EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE INDEX

The Expressive Language index is a cumulative measure of Celine’s performance on the three subtests that probe oral

language expression. The Expressive Language index has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. A score of

100 on this scale represents the performance of a typically developing child of a given age.

For Celine’s Expressive Language index, the following subtests were administered:

Word Structure

Expressive Vocabulary

Recalling Sentences

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Celine received an Expressive Language index of 79 (confidence interval = 73 to 85, percentile rank = 8). This score is

in the borderline range of developmental functioning.

CELF PRESCHOOL–2 LANGUAGE CONTENT INDEX

The Language Content index is a cumulative measure of Celine’s performance on three subtests designed to probe

semantic knowledge. The Language Content index has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. A score of 100

on this scale represents the performance of a typically developing child of a given age.

For Celine’s Language Content index, the following subtests were administered:

Expressive Vocabulary

Concepts & Following Directions

Basic Concepts

Celine received a Language Content index of 73 (confidence interval = 66 to 80, percentile rank = 4). This score is in

the low range of developmental functioning.

CELF PRESCHOOL–2 LANGUAGE STRUCTURE INDEX

The Language Structure index is a cumulative measure of Celine’s performance on three subtests designed to probe

understanding and production of syntactical structures and morphology. The Language Structure index has a mean of

100 and a standard deviation of 15. A score of 100 on this scale represents the performance of a typically developing

child of a given age.

For Celine’s Language Structure index, the following subtests were administered:

Sentence Structure

Word Structure

Recalling Sentences

Celine received a Language Structure index of 86 (confidence interval = 80 to 92, percentile rank = 18). This score is

in the average range of developmental functioning.

CELF PRESCHOOL–2 SUBTEST SCORES

Sentence Structure

The Sentence Structure subtest is used to evaluate the ability to interpret spoken sentences of increasing length and

complexity. For this subtest, Celine was asked to point to the picture that illustrates a given sentence. This subtest can

give information about how she understands spoken sentences in the classroom and at home. The mean for this

subtest is 10 and the standard deviation is 3. Celine received a scaled score of 8 (confidence interval 6 to 10,

percentile rank 25) on the Sentence Structure subtest.

Word Structure

The Word Structure subtest is used to evaluate a child’s knowledge of grammatical rules in a sentence-completion

task. Celine was asked to complete a sentence that pertains to an illustration using the targeted word structures.

Information from this subtest can help determine how Celine is acquiring the morphological rules of the English

language. This subtest has mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. Celine received a scaled score of 5 (confidence

interval 3 to 7, percentile rank 5) on the Word Structure subtest.

Expressive Vocabulary

The Expressive Vocabulary subtest is used to evaluate a child’s ability to label pictures of people, objects, and actions.

Information from this subtest can be used to determine how Celine is able to name objects, people, and activities in

her home/school environment. The mean for this subtest is 10 and the standard deviation is 3. Celine received a

scaled score of 4 (confidence interval 2 to 6, percentile rank 2) on the Expressive Vocabulary subtest.

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Concepts & Following Directions

The Concepts & Following Directions subtest is used to evaluate a child’s ability to interpret, recall, and execute oral

commands of increasing length and complexity. Celine was asked to remember the names, characteristics, and order

of pictured animals, and point to them in response to an oral direction. This subtest has a mean of 10 and a standard

deviation of 3. Celine received a scaled score of 5 (confidence interval 3 to 7, percentile rank 5) on the Concepts &

Following Directions subtest.

Basic Concepts

The Basic Concepts subtest evaluates the child’s knowledge of dimension/size, direction/location/position,

number/quantity, and equality concepts. After listening to a description, Celine was asked to point to the picture that

best identifies a concept. This subtest has a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. Celine received a scaled score

of 7 (confidence interval 4 to 10, percentile rank 16) on the Basic Concepts subtest.

Recalling Sentences

The Recalling Sentences subtest is used to evaluate the child’s ability to repeat sentences of varying length and

complexity without changing any word meanings or structure. The child’s response indicates if critical meaning or

structural features are internalized for recall. The ability to remember spoken sentences is required in following

directions and other situations in preschool and home settings. The mean for the subtest is 10 and the standard

deviation is 3. Celine received a scaled score of 10 (confidence interval 9 to 11, percentile rank 50) on the Recalling

Sentences subtest.

SUPPLEMENTARY SUBTESTS

Word Classes

The Word Classes subtest is used to evaluate the ability to understand and express relationships between words that

are related by semantic class relationships. Celine was asked to choose the items that best represent the desired

relationship, then express the relationship. This subtest gives information about Celine’s development of categorization

skills and ability to associate word meanings. This subtest has a mean of 10 and the standard deviation is 3.

Celine’s scores on the Word Classes subtest are:

Word Classes–Receptive scaled score 6 (confidence interval = 4 to 8, percentile rank = 9).

Word Classes–Expressive scaled score 4 (confidence interval = 3 to 5, percentile rank = 2).

Word Classes–Total scaled score 5 (confidence interval = 4 to 6, percentile rank = 5).

Phonological Awareness

The Phonological Awareness subtest is designed to gather information about a child’s knowledge of the sound

structure of language across six different tasks. Each task contains four items designed to measure the child’s mastery

of that particular skill. Phonological Awareness abilities relate to preschool and early elementary curriculum objectives

required for pre-reading and early reading acquisition. Celine received a total score of 7 on Phonological Awareness.

Celine’s score did not meet the criterion score for her age, indicating inadequate processing at the level of phonology.

Pre-Literacy Rating Scale

The Pre-Literacy Rating Scale is a supplementary checklist that can be used to provide additional information about

Celine’s skills that may influence development of reading and writing. The abilities evaluated reflect milestones seen in

the normal development of literacy skills for preschool and kindergarten-age children. Information on this checklist was

completed by Celine's Teacher. Celine received a total score of 48. This score did not meet the criterion score for her

age. This score suggests inadequate pre-literacy skills.

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Recalling Sentences in Context

Using a storybook, this subtest evaluates Celine’s ability to repeat sentences without changing word meaning,

inflections, morphology, or syntax. The inability to repeat sentences verbatim indicates whether the child has

internalized the required structures. Celine earned a total raw score of 27 on Recalling Sentences in Context. Her

score is in the 60–64 percentile range for her age.

SUMMARY

Celine Prescott was evaluated on 02/14/05 by Lisa Anderson. Results of the Clinical Evaluation of Language

Fundamentals Preschool–Second Edition (CELF Preschool–2) revealed the following:

Core Language Score-75

Receptive Language Index-81

Expressive Language Index-79

Language Content Index-73

Language Structure Index-86

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Celine's Core Language Score of 75 supports the continuation of language services.

2. Celine's performance on all subtests that assess language content is in the marginal to low developmental range.

Based on these findings, therapy should target content knowledge and use, especially as they relate to early literacy

development.

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Item Analysis Report

Sentence Structure

Category Correct Items Incorrect Items Not

Administered

Items

Structure

Prepositional Phrase 2 (in the wagon), 7 (in

the box), 10 (under the

big tree)

15 (toward the girl)

Verb Condition 3 (is running), 8 (will

find), 11 (can get)

Modification 4 (big, spotted, black,

white), 7 (spotted)

20 (first, two, third)

Copula 1 (is sleepy) 18 (is ready)

Infinitive 5 (to bake) 18 (to go)

Negation 6 (not)

Passive 9 (is being followed) 17 (is being pushed)

Relative Clause 10 (who is sitting

under the big tree), 12

(who is standing in the

front of the line)

14 (who is holding the

baby)

Compound Sentence 13 (She is climbing

and he is swinging.)

20 (The first two

children are in line, but

the third child is still

playing.)

Indirect Object 16 (the cat)

Indirect Request 19 (Shouldn't you

wear your jacket?)

Subordinate Clause 21 (although she

doesn't need it), 22

(before she ate the

sandwich)

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Word Structure

Category Correct Items Incorrect Items Not

Administered

Items

Preposition 3 (in/inside the box), 5

(on the chair)

Regular Plural 10 (horses)

Possessive Noun 12 (king's)

Verb Tense

Progressive -ing 1 (sleeping), 2

(walking)

Third Person Singular 9 (sleeps), 11 (flies)

Future Tense 15 (will slide)

Regular Past Tense 17 (climbed)

Irregular Past Tense 23 (blew), 24 (fell)

Copula

Contractible 7 (It is big.)

Uncontractible/Auxiliary 21 (She is.), 22 (They

are.)

Pronoun

Objective 6 (her), 8 (him)

Possessive 4 (hers)

Subjective 14 (He is.), 20 (She

does.)

Reflexive 16 (herself)

Derivational Form

Noun Derivation 13 (singer)

Comparative and Superlative 18 (faster), 19

(fastest)

Expressive Vocabulary

Category Correct Items Incorrect Items Not

Administered

Items

Verb 1 (riding), 6 (pouring) 8 (wrapping)

Food 2 (carrot)

Geography/Social Studies 3 (flag)

Occupations/People 4 (firefighter/fireman) 18 (veterinarian), 19

(audience)

Music/Instruments 5 (piano)

Communication 7 (newspaper) 17 (stamp)

Science 9 (footprint), 12

(telescope)

16 (binoculars)

Sports 10 (trophy)

Part/Whole Relationships 11 (branch)

Math 13 (calculator) 15 (calendar), 20

(scale)

Medical/Health Care 14 (wheelchair)

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Concepts & Following Directions

Category Correct Items Incorrect Items Not

Administered

Items

Concepts

Dimension/Size 1 (tallest) 9 (big/little) 16 (big/little), 21

(big/little)

Inclusion/Exclusion 2 (both) 11 (all…except) 17 (either/or)

Equality 3 (match)

Temporal 4 (then), 6 (when) 8 (after), 9 (then), 12

(before)

14 (before), 16 (then),

18 (then), 20 (after)

Location 5 (next to) 7 (closest to), 10

(farthest)

15 (top, bottom)

Condition 13 (unless)

Sequence 18 (first/last), 19

(second/third), 21

(last), 22

(first/second/last)

Directions

No Orientation

1-Level Command 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 7, 10, 11, 13

2-Level Command 4 8, 9, 12 14, 15, 16, 17

Serial Orientation

2-Level Command 18, 19, 20

3-Level Command 21, 22

Number of Modifiers

1 1 9 15, 16, 18, 19, 22

2 21

Recalling Sentences

Category Correct Items Incorrect Items Not

Administered

Items

Active Declarative 1, 2

Active Declarative With

Coordination 3

Noun Modification 7

Negative 9

Subordinate Clause 10

Relative Clause 12, 13

Active Interrogative With

Negative 4

Passive Declarative With

Negative 5, 11

Coordination 8

Passive Interrogative 6

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Pre-Literacy Rating Scale Report

Celine's Pre-Literacy Rating Scale Scores:

Rater Teacher

Raw Score 48

Criterion Score > or = 56

Rating Did Not Meet

Emergent Reading Skills (T-Teacher, P-Parent, C-Clinician, O-Other)

Item Never Sometimes Often Always NA

1 holds a book right side up T

2 turns the pages in books one at a time in front-to-back

order

T

3 can point to a picture when an adult names it T

4 recognizes common logos in community T

5 understands that a group of letters forms a word T

6 can tell what happened first, next, and last in a familiar

story

T

7 identifies and names 5 or more printed numbers T

8 identifies and names 5 or more letters of the alphabet T

9 recognizes own printed name and familiar printed words T

10 says the sound that 5 or more familiar letters make T

11 joins 2 letters to make a syllable or word T

12 joins 3 letters to make a syllable or word T

Emergent Writing Skills (T-Teacher, P-Parent, C-Clinician, O-Other)

Item Never Sometimes Often Always NA

21 writes most letters accurately T

22 uses correct spacing between letters or words T

23 writes on printed lines when provided T

24 copies short words from the board accurately T

25 does not reverse letters or numbers T

26 self-corrects errors if letters or numbers are copied

incorrectly

T

13 writes, draws, and/or scribbles to imitate writing T

14 copies circles and squares T

15 writes and/or scribbles from the left to the right side of a

page

T

16 draws and/or writes within the space provided T

17 produces recognizable simple drawings T

18 copies and/or writes own name accurately T

19 copies and/or writes numbers from 1-5 accurately T

20 copies and/or writes 5 or more single letters accurately T

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CELF PRESCHOOL–2 PARENT REPORT

Name: Celine Prescott Test date: 2/14/2005

Date of Birth: 8/14/2000 Age: 4:6

Grade: Pre-Kindergarten Examiner: Lisa Anderson

Your child was recently given the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals® Preschool–Second Edition (CELF

Preschool–2), a tool for identifying, diagnosing, and performing follow-up evaluations of language deficits in children

ages 3–6 years. The results are as follows:

CELF PRESCHOOL–2 RESULTS:

Standard Confidence Percentile

Score Interval Rank

Core Language Score (CLS) 75 69 to 81 5

Sentence Structure

Word Structure

Expressive Vocabulary

The CLS is the most representative score to describe Celine’s

overall language performance. It consists of the CELF Preschool–

2 subtests that best determine the presence or absence of a

language disorder.

Receptive Language Index (RLI) 81 74 to 88 10

Sentence Structure

Concepts & Following Directions

Basic Concepts

The RLI is a measure of listening and auditory comprehension. It

describes Celine’s ability to understand language she hears.

Expressive Language Index (ELI) 79 73 to 85 8

Word Structure

Expressive Vocabulary

Recalling Sentences

The ELI is a measure of expressive language skills. It describes

Celine’s ability to express herself orally.

Language Content Index (LCI) 73 66 to 80 4

Expressive Vocabulary

Concepts & Following Directions

Basic Concepts

The LCI is a measure of various aspects of semantic (language

meaning) development. It describes Celine’s abilities in

vocabulary, concept development, and understanding of simple

and complex sentences.

Language Structure Index (LSI) 86 80 to 92 18

Sentence Structure

Word Structure

Recalling Sentences

The LSI is an overall measure of comprehension and production of

word and sentence structure. It describes Celine’s ability to use

language according to morphological and structural rules.

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Celine was asked to complete the following subtests and tasks:

SUBTEST TASK

Sentence Structure

Point to pictures in response to oral directions.

Word Structure

Complete a sentence with the correct form of a word (e.g., tenses,

plurals, word endings).

Expressive Vocabulary

Identify an object, person, or activity portrayed in a picture.

Concepts & Following Directions

Point to a series of pictures in response to oral directions.

Basic Concepts

Point to a picture that illustrates the targeted concept (e.g., empty, tall,

cold, different).

Recalling Sentences

Repeat sentences presented by the examiner.

Word Classes

Choose two words that are related and describe the relationship.

Phonological Awareness

Rhyme words; blend and identify sounds and syllables in words.

Pre-Literacy Rating Scale

The examiner elicits information from a caregiver/teacher about the

child’s emergent reading and writing skills.

Recalling Sentences in Context

Imitate sentences from a story.

Reviewing Your Child’s Performance

This report lists the subtests given to your child and the index scores that reflect her performance. Your child’s

scores are plotted on the graph to indicate how her scores compare with the entire range of scores.

Please discuss any questions or concerns you have about these results with Lisa Anderson.

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