Diagnoses language processing disorders in underachieving children

Gail J. Richard and Mary Anne Hanner

• Age Range:  5:0 through 11:11
• Time: 35 minutes

The LPT3 evaluates the ability to attach increasingly more meaning to information received, and then formulate an expressive response.  The skills evaluated are discrete, and carefully controlled; beginning with simple tasks, and progressively increasing the language-processing demand placed on the student.

There are two pretests and six subtests.  Each subtests build on the skills previously evaluated.

LPT3 Subtests

• Pretest 1:  Labeling-               Name pictures with a one-word response
• Pretest 2:  Stating Functions- State a verb that describes the function of a specific noun
• Subtest A:  Associations-        Name an additional item typically associated with a specific noun
• Subtest B:  Categorization-     Name at least three items that belong to a specific category
• Subtest C:  Similarities-           Compare two items, and the characteristics that put them in the same category
• Subtest D:  Differences-          Contrast two items, and state the differences
• Subtest E:  Multiple Meanings-State three definitions for each stimulus word
• Subtest F:  Attributes-              Spontaneously describe a specific noun

The LPT3 Kit includes 20 Test Forms and a Manual.