Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology

Use DEAP in conjunction with CELF-5, PLS-5, or another comprehensive language test to obtain a complete understanding of a child's speech and language ability.

Benefits

• Obtain a differential diagnosis of articulation disorders and disorders of phonological processes.
• Discriminate children with typical developing speech from children who have delay/disorder.
• Examine oral motor function using the Oral Motor Screen.
• Use screening results to customize the DEAP assessment process and develop appropriate therapy plans based on the child's performance.
• Gain a more comprehensive understanding of the child's needs through the provided validity studies.

Features

DEAP provides you with more assessment options.

• Quick articulation and phonology screening.
• Colorful and engaging pictures.
• Speech sounds are sampled at least twice to ensure that you have a thorough picture of the child's sound system.
• The Articulation Assessment samples all English sounds, including vowels.
• The Phonology Assessment provides information about error patterns and differences between single word and continuous speech production.
• Oral Motor Screen provides a brief assessment of sequencing and accurate and fluent production of speech.

Sample Reports

The following technical report is available for DEAP.

• DEAP Technical Report

Author of the DEAP, Barbara Dodd presented a workshop on the DEAP.

Please find here links to the workshop materials:

• DEAP Case Studies
• DEAP Workshop Materials Checklist
• DEAP Workshop PPT handouts

Other resources

• DEAP in HCE IPA