The Children's Communication Checklist—Second Edition (CCC–2) was developed as a parent or caregiver rating scale, based on the extensive research of author Dr. Dorothy Bishop. It is sensitive to pragmatic language and detects deficits not identified by other communication assessments. The methodology allows for a child to be assessed by those who know him/her best in a natural, familiar environment. The 70-item rating scale offers the flexibility to:

• Rate aspects of communication such as speech, vocabulary, sentence structure, and social language skills of children and adolescents who speak in sentences
• Screen for general language impairments confidently
• Identify children with pragmatic language impairment
• Determine children who would benefit from further assessment for autism spectrum disorder