Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – Fifth Edition (CELF-5)

The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF-5) was designed to assess a student’s language and communication skills in a variety of contexts, determine the presence of a language disorder, describe the nature of the language disorder and plan for intervention or treatment. The CELF-5 is a comprehensive and flexible assessment procedure. The test identifies a student’s language strengths and weaknesses and can be used to determine eligibility for services, plan “curriculum relevant treatment,” recommend classroom language adaptations or accommodations and provide performance-based assessment that corresponds to educational objectives.The CELF-5 Screening Test helps quickly determine if a student needs further testing to identify a language disorder.

The CELF-5 consists of a number of tests that can each be administered as an independent test.

Domains Assessed: Verbal Learning

Note: A screening test is administered to all participants. The CELF-5 is administered to participants who receive an additional speech language evaluation. Of these participants, those ages 9-21 are administered the metalinguistics section.

References: Wiig, E.H., Secord, W.A., & Semel, E. (2013) Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – Fifth Edition. Pearson, San Antonio, TX.

Time to Complete: 45 minutes

A complete list of assessments can be found here.