Academic Communication

Academic Communication Associates, Inc. 80 ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS Stuttering Severity Instrument for Children and Adults (SSI-4) Fourth Edition Glyndon Riley The fourth edition of this popular instrument measures the severity of the client’s stuttering problem and can be used to measure changes in performance during the course of a treatment program. Stuttering Severity Instrument (SSI-4) #26720-C24 SSI-4 Complete Kit $159.00 #26719-C24 SSI-4 Record Forms (50) $76.00 Test of Childhood Stuttering (TOCS) Ronald Gilliam, Kenneth Logan, and Nils Pearson This norm-referenced instrument provides a sound method for assessing fluency and stuttering-related behaviors. The standardized measures assess Rapid Picture Naming, Modeled Sentences, Structured Conversation, and Narration. Observational measures include the Speech Fluency Rating Scale and the Disfluency-Related Consequences Rating Scale. Eight supplemental fluency assessments enable examiners to probe disfluency duration, disfluency frequency, associated mannerisms, speech rate, speech naturalness, and other factors relevant to stuttering. Test of Childhood Stuttering (TOCS) #22200-C24 TOCS Complete Kit $228.00 #22201-C24 TOCS Record Forms (25) $56.00 Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (PLAI-2) Second Edition Ages 3-0 through 5-11 The PLAI includes norm-referenced and informal measures to assess children’s ability to meet the demands of classroom discourse. Making comparisons, predicting, reasoning, and the pragmatic aspects of communication are among the areas assessed. The test makes it possible to compare receptive and expressive discourse skills across four levels of abstraction. The instrument is easy to administer and score. Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (PLAI-2) #20895-C24 PLAI-2 Complete Kit $267.00

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