The Most Current Assessment for Articulation and Phonology

Wayne A. Secord, PhD, CCC-SLP, and JoAnn S. Donohue, MA, CCC-SLP

Ages: 2-6 to 11-11
Testing Time: 15 to 20 minutes 
Administration: Individual

The CAAP-2 is the most current assessment for articulation and phonology. It is time-efficient, accurate, and yields results that are easy to score and interpret. You may administer the Articulation Inventory in 15-20 minutes. The checklist approach to assessing phonological processes virtually eliminates the need for phonetic transcription. CAAP-2 is an assessment that you will like giving and children will enjoy taking.

Qualify students for therapy with:

• Word standard scores
• Sentence standard scores
• Phonology standard scores

Articulation inventory targets:

• Pre- and postvocalic consonant singletons
• Cluster words containing S, R, and L in the initial position
• Three- and four-syllable words
• Postvocalic productions of R
• The production of sounds in sentences (for children 5 years and older)

Phonological process checklists assess:

• Final consonant deletion
• Cluster reduction
• Syllable reduction
• Gliding
• Vocalization
• Fronting (velar and palatal)
• Deaffrication
• Stopping
• Prevocalic voicing
• Postvocalic devoicing

Valid and Reliable

CAAP-2 is a valid and reliable instrument. The CAAP-2 standardization sample included 1486 children from the U.S. and closely resembles 2013 U.S. Census Data. Concurrent validity studies comparing CAAP to the GFTA-2 and the KLPA-2 were significant beyond p<.01 for all raw scores, standard scores and percentile ranks (ranging from .789 to .948). Inter-rater reliability coefficients were all above .99.

COMPLETE CAAP-2 KIT INCLUDES: Examiner’s Manual, Stimulus Easel, 50 Articulation Response Forms, 30 Phonological Process Record Forms, 5 foam CAAP Pals, and a big tote bag (2013).