Though I was provided with a copy of this app, all the opinions expressed are my own.
A screening test and a full test comes all in this one app. The main difference between them is that the screener is shorter and only tests sounds that are appropriate for the age you select.
The full test has lots more areas to customize plus a nice, colorful speech sample probe.
Each item has green tiles at the top to show which sounds are being targeted. Tapping the picture will give you a verbal prompt to elicit a spontaneous naming of the picture. You also have the option to record their responses, add notes, and change the settings.
Tap the green tile to indicate that the student produced an error, which causes the tile to turn red. Tapping it again turns it yellow, which means that the production was approximate.
You can note the type or error produced by tapping the down arrow on the right. A drop down menu appears for you to note the substitution or phonological process. Slide the red letter away to note an omission of the sound.One of my absolute favorite things about this app is the full test has scenes for eliciting a speech sample.
Record the child telling a story about the scene with the microphone tab on the bottom left. If they need additional prompting, tap any picture to magnify it and read a prompt.
How cool is that?! After you record the sample you can transcribe it and note intelligibility on the screen provided. It also has a space for you to calculate specific intelligibility percentage when transcribing.
The screen above is part of the test summary page. It gives you words tested, errors marked, speech sample information, reported findings, and a recommendation. This test is not normed, so you will not get standard scores or percentile ranks.
You can watch the full tutorials for the screener here, the full test here, and additional updates here.
Things I dig about this app:
- Administering this test is very easy and straightforward.
- The screener only screens the necessary phonemes relevant for that child's age.
- You can pick and choose the areas you wish to target for the full test or select all of them.
- There are options to notate the type of error the child produced, including phonological processes.
- The phonological process sections have a little definition screen that pops up when you tap one, so that you can make sure you are choosing the correct one.
- You can even record their productions and go back and edit the results later, if you need to quickly make your way through the test.
- The speech sample option is amazing. I might buy this app just for that! Being able to elicit a sample, record it, transcribe it, and track indelibility all in one app is a win in my book!
- The report section gives you tons of data! It'd be great to print and add to any report or to track progress for an IEP.
Things that could make it better:
- The test is not normed. In many districts you need a normed referenced test to qualify a child for speech. While this app is great for data, I wouldn't be able to use it by itself on an initial report.
- While most of the screening tests for the different ages are shorter, the 6 and older screener is almost as long as the full test. I'd probably just go ahead and give him the full one.
- I'd love to be able to code an error as being an interdentalization, lateral airflow, or glottal stop. You could just note it in the "notes" section, but there is no option for those on the drop down menu that I could see.
- The app is a little pricey at $49.99, even though you do get a lot of bang for your buck.
You can grab this app from Little Bee Speech at iTunes HERE!
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