The KAT helps speech therapists understand children's sound development and set treatment goals. Upload an input sheet with the target words and their utterances. Immediately afterwards, view a detailed analysis.
With the KAT, speech therapists and linguists can accurately and efficiently chart sound development:
Sounds and clusters
PCC, PCCR
Phonological processes used
Group analyses (development of one child or comparison between different children)
The Speechmaker as an immediately deployable naming task
The Analysis
Tab Percent correct by sound
This tab lists the sounds in acquisition order. For each sound, it shows how many times the child said the sound correctly. The PCC, PCC-R and PMLU can also be found in this tab. You will also find an overview with the sound acquisition ordered by place and mode of articulation.
Processes tab
This tab lists all the phonological processes that occur, and on which sounds they occur. For each phonological process, it also shows how often it occurred initial or final.
Processes Clusters tab
This tab lists all the phonological processes that occur with the clusters, and on which sounds they occur. For each phonological process, it also shows how often it occurred initial or final.
Sounds tab
This tab shows for each sound whether the sound was made correctly and how often it was made. If the sound is pronounced incorrectly, it indicates which process took place (e.g. deletion, position error, insertion, etc.).
Clusters tab
This tab shows for each cluster whether it was made correctly and how many times it was made. If the cluster is pronounced incorrectly, it states what process took place (e.g., deletion, position error, insertion, etc.).
Tab Percent correct by cluster
This tab shows for each cluster how many times the child said the sound correctly. A distinction is made here between the initial and final clusters.
Cycles & Patterns tab
In this tab, sounds are arranged according to a Hodson & Paden cycle.
First, fill in the input sheet with the target words of a naming task, such as the Speechmaker or NAO. You can also enter utterances from spontaneous language. Then you can upload this input sheet, and KAT does the rest: it analyzes the input and provides an Excel analysis that you can download immediately!
Through the E-Learning you can interactively get acquainted with the tool and learn how to use it.
