Children aged 3 years to 7 years 6 months.
The New Reynell Developmental Language Scales (NRDLS) is the fourth edition of a popular assessment used by therapists to identify speech and language delays and impairments in young children. The Scales have been revised, improved and newly standardised on more than 1,200 children in the UK. As in the previous editions, there are two scales: one explores aspects of a child’s understanding of selected vocabulary items and grammatical features (the Comprehension Scale); and the other examines the child’s production of the same features of language (the Production Scale). Parallel sections within the scales aid comparison of a child’s comprehension and production skills. This fourth edition retains a mix of play-based activities with a range of stimulus material which includes a trio of new appealing characters that children can handle and ‘direct’ as they carry out many of the assessment tasks. Attractive, full colour illustrations add to the appeal of the New Reynell Developmental Language Scales and a new Multilingual Toolkit gives guidance on how to adapt and use the NRDLS with children for whom English is an additional Language.
About 35 to 40 minutes.
4th edition available since 2011.
2011