Teaching · Speech & Language

Every consonant, in every position, in one grid.

Code each consonant at the beginning, middle and end of words as you score the sample. The summary sorts the errors by sound, position and type.

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The inventory

One record per sample. Grid cells take C, S, O, D or X from the keyboard. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & Language$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A consonant-by-position inventory with errors sorted by sound, position and type, and the substitutions heard.
Who it is for
Speech-language pathologists, assistants, clinical fellows and graduate student clinicians.
Format
Browser tracker with a keyboard grid. One saved record per sample; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
sθthe sound aimed for, the sound made
Drawn for this page. An inventory records, sound by sound and position by position, what the student says against what they aim for.

How to use it

  1. Score your sample as usual, then code each consonant in each position.
  2. Use X for anything the sample did not test, so gaps show.
  3. Add the substitutions you heard, with an example word.
  4. Note any other home language before calling a difference an error.
  5. Copy the record to a new date to track change.

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What the tracker covers

Position matters

A sound can be correct at the beginning of words and wrong at the end. Coding each position separately shows patterns, such as final consonants dropped across many sounds, that a single score hides.

Other languages and dialects

ASHA’s guidance is that differences that follow a student’s other language or dialect are not disorders. Check each pattern against the student’s language background.

What it is not

The tracker is not a standardized articulation test and gives no age norms or percentiles. Use it to organize your sample alongside the assessments your evaluation requires.

Sources

  1. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology (Practice Portal).
  2. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Bilingual Service Delivery and Cultural Responsiveness (Practice Portal).
  3. Bauman-Waengler, J. Articulation and Phonology in Speech Sound Disorders (6th ed.). Pearson, 2020.
  4. International Phonetic Association. Handbook of the International Phonetic Association. Cambridge University Press, 1999.

The example sample is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.