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Common Available Spanish Articulation Measures
Spanish Preschool Ar cula on Test ‐ SPAT
What is it? The SPAT is a test used to evaluate the speech of Spanish‐speaking
preschool children. You purchase the test online and are mailed a CD or files
which you then print off to make your own tes ng book. The manual and
protocols are also digital and would be printed.
The SPAT was included because it is s ll used by some speech pathologists
but it has not been updated in quite some me.
Primary Use: For examining the produc on of Spanish phonemes in single words.
Intended Popula on and Spanish‐speaking children ages 2;6‐5;6 (Normed on 300 La no children in
Age Ranges Oregon).
Norm‐Referenced or Norm‐Referenced
Criterion Referenced
Sensi vity (How well the Not reported
test iden fies people with
an impairment)
Specificity (How well the Not reported
test iden fies people
without an impairment)
Administra on Time 5‐10 minutes
How is it helpful for It is helpful in iden fying specific phonemes that need to be addressed at
the word level. It is also helpful that the test delineates in which posi on
planning?
the sound is occurring (ini al, medial, final). Also, the target words were
chosen for simple syllable shape and because they were readily named by a
majority of the norming popula on.
Where can I find it or read h p://lexiconpress.com/catalog/i69.html
more about it?
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