Preschool Language Assessment Instrument—Second Edition

PLAI-2
  • Laura J. Berlin
  • Marion Blank
  • Susan A. Rose
An individually administered language test for young children

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  • PLAI-2 Complete Kit
    10895DR Qualification Level B

    Includes Examiner's Manual, Picture Book, Profile/Examiner Record Booklets for age 3 and ages 4 to 5 (pkg of 25 each)

    $448.50

    1-4 $448.50
    5-9 $426.10
    10-24 $403.70
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  • PLAI-2 Profile/Examiner Record Booklets (Age 3)
    10898DR Qualification Level B

    Pkg of 25

    $92.60

    1-4 $92.60
    5-9 $87.90
    10-24 $83.30
    25-50 $78.70
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  • PLAI-2 Profile/Examiner Record Booklets (Ages 4 to 5)
    10899DR Qualification Level B

    Pkg of 25

    $92.60

    1-4 $92.60
    5-9 $87.90
    10-24 $83.30
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Overview

Publication date:
2003
Age range:
3:0 to 5:11 years
Qualification level:
B
Scoring options:
Hand-scoring
Administration Format:
Paper-and-pencil

Product Details

The PLAI–2 assesses children's abilities to meet the demand of classroom discourse. Now including full-color artwork, it measures how effectively a child integrates cognitive, linguistic, and pragmatic abilities for adult-child exchanges. Teachers, speech-language pathologists, and special education professionals appreciate the multi-faceted information this tool provides.

Measure young children's discourse abilities

The PLAI-2 offers two types of assessment:

Norm-referenced (formal) assessment

Uses items that require matching, analysis, reordering, and reasoning by verbal and nonverbal responses. This assessment includes:
• Four subtests that assess levels of abstraction
• Two subtests that assess modes of response
• Discourse Ability Score – Presents overall estimate of performance

Non-standard (informal) assessment

Provides two pragmatic measures:
• Adequacy of Response–Evaluates the quality of the child's expressive language on a four-category scale
• Interfering Behaviors–Quantifies two major patterns of behaviour that hamper interaction