What does CCC-2 measure?

The Children’s Communication Checklist-2 U.S. Edition is a parent or caregiver rating scale based on the extensive research of author, Dr. Dorothy Bishop. CCC-2 helps rate aspects of communication, screens for general language, and identifies pragmatic language impairment.

What age range is the CCC-2?

The CCC-2 is the latest version of a checklist that has been in development for 10 years. The 70 item questionnaire completed by a caregiver screens for communication problems in children aged 4 to 16 years.

How to score CCC-2?

  1. Enter the raw scores from each of the test items. Raw scores should have a value of 0, 1, 2, or 3.
  2. If a response is missing, enter the lowest possible score (i.e., items 1-50 will be scored 3, items 51-70 will be scored 0).
  3. At this point, only the information you have entered is presented on the screen.

When was the CCC-2 published?

2003
A promising instrument to identify difficulties with pragmatic language is the Children’s Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2) [Bishop, 2003].

Is the CCC 2 norm referenced?

The Children’s Communication Checklist – Second Edition, U.S. Edition (CCC-2; Bishop, 2006) is a norm-referenced measure designed to assess children’s communication skills, particularly in the area of pragmatic language. It is used with children 4:0-16:11 who speak in sentences and whose primary language is English.

What is the CCC checklist?

The Children’s Communication Checklist (CCC-2) is a measure designed to assess the communication skills of children 4 to 16.11 years of age. The purposes of the CCC-2 are the identification of pragmatic language impairment, screening of receptive and expressive language skills, and assistance in screening for ASD.

What is the language inventory?

The Language Use Inventory (LUI) is a standardized parent questionnaire to assess early language use and pragmatics in children 18 to 47 months of age that was developed by Daniela O’Neill and published in 2009.

What is the Social communication Questionnaire?

The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ; Rutter, Bailey, & Lord, 2003) is an autism spectrum disorder screening instrument for individuals aged 4 years and up, with a mental age over 2 years. The SCQ contains 40 yes/no items, which can be completed in less than 10 minutes by a parent or other caregiver.

What is pragmatic language impairment?

In contrast, pragmatic language impairment (PLI) refers to children who experience significant difficulties with the use of language. Clinical accounts of PLI have suggested that unlike children with more typical SLI, children with PLI have adequate syntax and phonology and are often verbally fluent.

Is Lui available in other languages?

The LUI is used worldwide, all across Canada, in all states in the USA, and in many countries in the world including Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, and England. Over 20 translations are underway by researchers around the world.

What is meant by language use?

Language use refers to the communicative meaning of language. It can be compared to usage, which refers to the rules for making language and the structures we use to make it.