A New Persian Version of Language Assessment, Remediation, and Screening Procedure (P-LARSP)

Objectives: In 1998, the Persian form of Language Assessment, Remediation, & Screening Procedure (P-LARSP) was introduced. However, this adapted version remained on library shelves and not used by Iranian speech language pathologists (SLPs). The present study aimed to explore barriers using P-LARSP, resolve possible issues, provide a preliminary grammatical sketch from typical children aged 2-5. Methods: started with two surveys in different populations find then, continued cross-cultural adaptation LARSP through international guidelines (forward backward translations, cognitive interviewing, pretesting). Finally, new 120 samples obtained (aged 2-5) free-play context were analyzed data processed SPSS software, 21. Results: Our showed that SLPs had little familiarity they found it unclear, difficult understand framework. While most participants recognized P-LARSP as relevant framework analyze samples, few numbers clinical or research aims. Through adaptation, simple, clear, relevant, comprehensive, applicable profile along published manual introduced social media, workshops, national congresses. Quantitative qualitative analysis structures have significant changes age terms varieties clauses, phrases, inflectional morphemes, general syntactic indices. Discussion: revealed why unknown. We removed introducing fully increasing its simplicity, clarity, understandability proper manual. Introducing channels target population another taken step increase SLPs. addition, indicated is typically developing children.