Age range: 3 to 6 years 11 months

Qualification level: S

Year: 2006

Administration time: Approximately 15 to 20 minutes

Administration type: Individual

The CELF P-2 Australian & New Zealand is the test of choice to evaluate those aspects of language necessary for preschool children to make the transition to the classroom.

CELF P-2 Australian & New Zealand measures a broad range of expressive and receptive language skills in young children. It provides a comprehensive variety of seven norm-referenced sub-tests in:

• Sentence Structure
• Word Structure
• Expressive Vocabulary
• Concepts and Following Directions
• Recalling Sentences
• Basic Concepts
• Word Classes

Technical Information

The following supplementary subtests can be used to yield criterion scores or percentile ranges and additional information about the child's skills outside of the testing situation:

• Recalling Sentences in Context

• Phonological Awareness

• Pre-Literacy Rating Scale

• Descriptive Pragmatics Profile

The CELF Preschool-2 Australian & New Zealand was developed to strengthen the CELF-Preschool as a reliable and valid test for the diagnosis and classification of language disorders in young children. The floor and ceiling of the assessment have been expanded, it contains interesting, age-appropriate, full-colour pictures to hold the child's attention and is now easier to use and administer.

CELF Preschool-2™ Australian & New Zealand Scoring and Report Assistant

Improve your productivity with the CELF Preschool-2 Australian & New Zealand Scoring and Report Assistant. This new software calculates the Core Language score, norm-referenced indexes, criterion-referenced cut scores and provides test results in various report formats.

 Recommended System Requirements for the CELF P-2 Software

• Windows 95, 98, 200, ME,XP, NT 4.0 (workstation operating systems)

• 300 MHz processor or higher

• 128 MB RAM or higher (more memory improves performance)

• 2 MB video card capable of 1024 x 768 resolution

• 175 MB free disk space

• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

• CD-ROM drive

Licence Agreement

The CELF P-2 software can be installed on two PC's.

Important Information on the Scoring Assistant and Report Writer:
The software will run on the following operating systems; Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows 2000.
 
This software is not compatible with the Mac (Apple) operating system.
 

• CELF P-2 Sample Report (674.66 KB)

Accurately interpreting test results when assessing pre-schoolers
An overview of the PLS-5 and CELF P-2 development to assist clinicians to better understand the test items, research samples, and test results. 
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