It includes normative data for preschool children who speak Black English as well as Standard English. These data have been collected in order to avoice misidentifying a nonstandard speaker as an impaired speaker. There are approximately 35 items per test.
Items tap comprehension and production of words and sentences.
Testing takes approximately 15 minutes per child, including preliminary establishment of rapport. In addition, guidelines are presented for the development of screening programs. In the appendices are definitions of terms and descriptions of speech and language structure and normal and impaired language development, as well as the linguistic characteristics of Black English, all designed for paraprofessionals.