By working through these training materials you can become proficient in eliciting, transcribing, analyzing, and interpreting productive language using the SALT software.

SALT Software Training

  • Orientation: SALT training begins here.
  • Elicitation: Techniques for eliciting and recording good language samples.
  • Transcription: Conventions for transcribing English and Spanish language samples.
  • Analysis: Description of the various ways of analyzing language samples.
  • Interpretation: Clinical typology of language disorders and their characteristics.
  • SI, NSS, and ESS: Hand-coding protocol for Subordination Index (SI), Narrative Scoring Scheme (NSS), and Expository Scoring Scheme (ESS).
  • Example Transcripts: Listen to the audios while viewing the corresponding SALT transcripts - a great way to become familiar with the transcription format.
  • Case Study Practice: Example case study plus additional cases to use for practice - a great teaching tool for instructors.
  • Library: Clinical Assessment of Language Comprehension, Jon F. Miller and Rhea Paul, Brookes Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1995.

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SALT Student CD

Students get your own copy of SALT for $35.