Description:

The CAAP-2 assesses both articulation and phonology in preschool children and school-aged children. The CAAP-2 looks at two different variables, articulation inventory and phonology processes. The articulation portion of this assessment looks at consonant inventory and school age sentences (if necessary) to measure competence of articulation. The phonology portion is divided into two checklists to determine the occurrence of phonological processes

The CAAP-2 was developed for reasons:

1) “Quickly inventory the articulation abilities in young children”

2) Derive a measure of overall articulation competence”

3) “Compare word and sentence-level competence for school age children”

Articulation Subtest:

Consonant Inventory

This portion of the test is given to assess the production of 27 words, 24 CVC, 1 CV, 1 CVV, and 1 CVCV

There are a few cluster words and multisyllabic words embedded in this portion of the test to assess sound accuracy in more complex words.

School-Age Sentences

This is targeted only toward children who are 5 years and older. This subtests allows examiners to gain a better understanding of the child’s articulation carried over to the sentence level.

Phonological Process evaluation subtest includes:

Phonological Process Checklists I & 11, are used to assess the percentage of an occurrence in different phonological processes such as:

Syllable Structures:

Cluster Reduction

Syllable Reduction

Final Consonant Deletion

Substitution:

Gliding

Vowelization

Fronting

Deaffrication

Stopping

Normative Information: Normed on 1,707 children between 2:6 and 8:11 from from 35 states in the U.S and four Canadian Provinces