The second edition of this popular test offers features that make it more clinically useful than ever:

• An expanded age range (2 through 21 years)
• Updated words and artwork
• Age-based standard scores with separate gender norms
• Norms based on a national sample controlled for gender, ethnicity, region, and socioeconomic status (determined by mother's education)
• An expanded Record Form, with more room for notes
• An updated Manual
• Additional easel prompts to help elicit spontaneous speech

    The G-FTA-2 includes 3 subtests, which sample 39 consonant sounds and blends.

    Sounds-in-Words Subtest uses 34 pictures to elicit articulation of major speech sounds in the        initial, medial, and final positions. Where possible, several stimulus words are used with one picture        plate for faster testing.

    Sounds-in-Sentences Subtest assesses spontaneous sound production used in connected speech.

    Stimulability Subtest assesses the child's ability to correctly produce a previously misarticulated        sound after watching and listening as the examiner produces the sound.

    By evaluating both spontaneous and imitative sound production, including single words and conversational speech, the test provides detailed information about a child's articulation ability. A Supplementary Norms Booklet allows organizations to set their own cutoff criteria, based on developmental data, for intervention services.

    Individually administered, the G-FTA-2 is easy for both the child and the examiner. It requires no reading on the child's part, and the attractive, full color pictures quickly elicit spontaneous speech. This enduring test gives you a reliable and systematic assessment of the child's articulation of consonant sounds.