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CAAP
Clinical Assessment of
Articulation and Phonology
Description
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CAAP is a contemporary, normreferenced instrument designed to
assess English articulation and
phonology in preschool/school age
children.
Authors:
– Wayne A. Secord, Ph. D., CCC-SLP
– JoAnn S. Donahue, M.A., CCC-SLP
Exam Goals
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To quickly inventory the articulation
abilities in young children.
To derive a measure of overall
articulation competence.
To compare word and sentence level
competence of school-age children.
To estimate the occurrence of 10
common phonological process patterns
in children’s speech.
Test Format
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Test Materials:
– Stimulus easel
• colored pictures
– Articulation Inventory
– Phonologic Processes checklist (x2)
– Administration Manual
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Test based two components:
– Articulation Inventory
– Phonological Process Checklist I and II
Articulatory Inventory
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Two sections:
– Consonant Inventory
• 24 consonants, 1 vocalic
• sounds assessed multiple times in 44 words for
a total of 97 test items.
• 3 levels of difficulty based on sequential order
of development:
– Consonant Singletons (CVC) I.e. yo-yo
– Cluster Words (CCVC) I.e. clown
– Multisyllabic Words (CVC V) I.e. elephant
Articulatory Inventory
– School-Age Sentence Section
• 8 sentences varying in length (8-11 words)=
total of 73 words produced
• accuracy measured by number of words
produced correctly
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May end testing with articulatory
inventory for preschool-age clients (< 5
years of age)
All test sections are suggested for
clients older than five years.
Phonologic Process
Checklist I and II
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Assesses occurrence of 10 common
phonologic processes
3 types of processes:
– (1)Syllable Structure Process:
Phoneme, syllable to be reduced in
number, deleted, or repeated.
• A. final consonant deletion
• B. cluster reduction
• C. syllable reduction
Phonologic Process
Checklist I and II
– (2)Substitution Process: One sound class
replaces another.
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A. gliding
B. vocalization
C. fronting
D. deaffrication
E. stopping
– (3)Assimilation Process: Change
influenced by another sound.
• A. prevocalic voicing
• B. postvocalic voicing
Administration
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Introductory story with pals as a warm up
– optional
– works well with defensive children
Consonant Inventory
– show picture plate to elicit response
– clinician cues on each plate
– target sounds are highlighted on each plate
– if child is <5 years, stop testing or go ahead
to phonologic probes.
– If child is 5>, continue with this section
Administration...
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Sentence Section
– child will repeat 8 sentences
– clinician may give 2 repetitions per sentence
Phonologic Process Probes
– 2-4 pictures per plate labeled A,B,C,D
– If child doesn’t respond to A, model target
word and request repetition
– continue with B,C,D
– may fade verbal cues as needed
– continue until end of test
Recording Responses
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Consonant Inventory:
–checkmark= correct responses
–dash= omitted sound
–backslash= omitted syllables
–X= phonetic distortions
–transcription= substitutions
Recording Responses….
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School-Age Sentences:
– record / through whole word to indicate
error
– use checkmark to show no error
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Phonologic Process Checklist I:
– after fact assessment, so no recording until
after test is completed
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Phonologic Process Checklist II:
– answer yes/no as responses are made
Scoring
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Consonant Inventory:
– examiner sums all errors for consonant
singletons, cluster words, and o
multisyllable words
– subtotals are summed= Consonant
Inventory Score
– raw score
School-Age Sentences:
– total errors on each is summed
– enter raw score
Scoring….
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Phonologic Process Checklist:
– sum all yes responses
– examiner calculates % of occurrence for
each process
– examiner indicates if each process is
active or not by circling yes/no response
– processes having % occurrence of 40%
or more are active
– two calculators are provided in CAAP kit
National Standardization
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CAAP standardized based on 1,707 children
ages 2.6-8.11 years
standardized version based on 63
consonant singleton words, 18 cluster
words, 13 multisyllabic words, 15 preschool
sentences, 15 school-age sentences
color illustrations
administered by 220 SLPs in 35 states
Converting Raw Score to
Standardized Score
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computing raw score, refer
to chapter 6 in the examiner’s
manual
 Locate client’s chronological age
in norms to appropriate raw score
 Confidence levels= to 90%
confidence
Pros and Cons
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Pros:
– wide age range
– colorful pictures
– quick and easy
– contemporary
format
– strong emphasis
on consonants
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Cons
– doesn’t
emphasize
vowel production
– new concepts to
SLPs, therefore
may require
more time to
administer
initially
Ordering Information
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Available through Super Duper
Publications
Address: P.O Box 24997 Greenville, Sc.
29616
Phone: 1-800-277-8737
Web: www.superduperinc.com
Thank you for your attention!!
Dr. Frank Kersting
Western Kentucky University