Decision for suitable diagnostic procedures and spontaneous speech analysis made easy! Who is this book written for? Speech therapists, speech therapists, students of these disciplines, pediatricians, social pedagogues and educators. What does the book want to convey? Over the past 10 years, language acquisition research has contributed to a scientifically based diagnosis of language development disorders in pre-school children. However, it is often difficult for the therapist to decide which diagnostic method is preferable. The present work would like to close a gap here. With regard to practice-oriented aspects such as feasibility, time expenditure, documentation and evaluation, state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures are presented. The focus is on the Aachen screening method for the analysis of childhood spontaneous speech (ASAS). It was presented under.