The PLSI has three subscales:
> "Personal Interaction Skills", assesses initiating conversation, asking for help, participating in verbal games, and using appropriate nonverbal communication gestures.
> "Social Interaction Skills". assesses knowing when to talk and when to listen, understanding classroom rules, taking turns in conversations, and predicting consequences for one's behavior.
> "Classroom Interaction Skills", assesses using figurative language, maintaining a topic during conversation, explaining how things work, writing a good story, and using slang appropriately.
Cut-off scores are provided for determining whether the student exhibits characteristics of a pragmatic language disorder and should be referred for a more comprehensive language assessment. Guidelines are provided to assist the examainer in interpreting the results. Reliability and validity ratings are exceptionally strong and support the use of the PLSI as a diagnostic instrument. Teachers, early interventionists, and other professionals will find this test useful and thorough. Indentify students who have a disorder, document progress in ability, collect data for research, and target pragmatic language goals all with this succinct test, user-friendly test.
This complete PLSI Kit includes: Examiner's Manual and 25 Summary/Response Forms, all in a sturdy storage box.
PLSI: Pragmatic Language Skills Inventory Kit PE11365 $110.00
PLSI Examiners Manual PE11366 $64.00
PLSI Summary/Response Forms (25) PE11367 $53.00 |
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