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Clinical Evaluation of Language - Preschool (CELF-P)
Clinical Evaluation of Language - Preschool (CELF-P)
What is the CELF-P?
What is the CELF-P?
The CELF-P is a norm-referenced standardized assessment used to evaluate aspects of language necessary for preschool children (ages 3 to 6 years; 11 months) to transition to the classroom.
What Aspects of Language Does It Assess?
What Aspects of Language Does It Assess?
The CELF-P assesses both receptive and expressive language, in addition to language content and language structure.
Uses:
Uses:
The CELF-P can be used to evaluate a few different areas, including early classroom and literacy fundamentals, the nature of a language impairment (i.e., strengths, weaknesses, content areas, affected language modalities, etc.), and communication in context.
The CELF-P provides information on early pragmatic and literacy skills, a balance of subtest items that evaluate both receptive and expressive language skills of the child, and a child's use of language content and structure. The results can also help to guide further recommendations for accommodations and/or intervention.
Administration:
Administration:
When administering the CELF-P, the examiner presents items with pictures displayed on an easel book. The child must provide an answer for the correct option by either pointing or verbally responding to the examiner's prompt. Each subtest has specific scoring rules (i.e., number of repetitions, discontinue rule, points for responses). The CELF-P has three main subtests which make up a core language score. If the child's core language score is below the threshold of 85, it is recommended to continue testing with additional subtests.
Strengths
Strengths
Some of the strengths of the CELF-P include that the normative sample is recent, as the data was collected in 2019-2020. In addition, the test can be administered and scored over tele-practice which is important, given that tele-practice will likely continue to be offered to clients.
Weaknesses
Weaknesses
Some of the weaknesses that should be kept in mind about the CELF-P are that it can only be used to assess children ranging in age from 3-6;11, and that the test is looking at language development in a very specific environment, the classroom. This specific lens may not adequately test other aspects of language development outside of that specific environment.
Another consideration to keep in mind in regard to the CELF-P is that while administration of the first level of the test can take between 15-20 minutes, the administration of the whole test is variable. There are many subtests, which makes it a longer test that not every child will be able to sustain their attention for. This could cause outside factors, such as attention, to possibly impact scores.
Citation
Citation
Wiig, Secord, W., & Semel, E. M. (2020). CELF preschool 3 : Clinical evaluation of language fundamentals - Preschool (Third edition). Pearson, Inc.
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