Ages: 5 to 18:11

Description:

The Spanish-bilingual version of the Test of Auditory Processing Skills, 3rd Edition (TAPS-3:SBE) is a norm-referenced, individually administered assessment of auditory skills commonly used in academic and everyday activities by Spanish speakers aged 5 to 18 years. It provides a way to identify any particular auditory process that the examinee may be having difficulties with, to allow for better remediation strategies to be planned. (It is not intended to assess language proficiency.) While this assessment is administered in Spanish and responses are expected to be in Spanish, the examiner may use English to give directions if necessary, and English responses may be accepted if the meaning is the same as the intended response.

The structure of the TAPS-3:SBE is the same as the English version and represents current views of auditory processing, with tasks progressing from the most basic skills to the most complex. Allowances were made for language and grammar differences. The sentences and passages for the last three subtests were written specifically for the Spanish-bilingual version, with the assistance of Spanish-bilingual school psychology and speech professionals. Like the English version, the subtest and index score structures were confirmed by factor analysis.