• Testing Time: 45-60 minutes
• Norm-referenced: raw scores, percentiles, standard scores, and age equivalents
• TOPL-2 complete kit includes: Examiner’s Manual, Picture Book, 25 Examiner Record Booklets (Age 6-7), 25 Examiner Record Booklets (Ages 8-18), storage box. (2007)
• Qualification Level: B

The Test of Pragmatic Language-2 (TOPL-2), designed for use by speech-language pathologists, provides important information to all essential and involved school team members (school psychologists, counselors, special educators, and clinical psychologists) about social skills and conflict resolution. Use the TOPL-2 as part of a full individual evaluation and program planning.

TOPL-2 four principles include:

• Identifying individuals with pragmatic language deficits.
• Determining individual strengths and weaknesses.
• Documenting an individual’s progress.
• Researching pragmatic language skills.

This updated edition addresses reviewer’s concerns with the previous edition, adding and improving on important components such as: pragmatic evaluation, detailed IEPs, clinical interpretive framework, extended norms, color picture prompts, and comprehensive scoring guidelines. TOPL-2 allows you to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of a student’s pragmatic language skills with six core tests:

• Physical setting
• Audience
• Topic
• Purpose (speech acts)
• Visual-gestural cues
• Abstraction