Re: Intelligence Testing; Preschools

[Guest guest]

We just had an eval done by Dr. Cara Marker at Inner Health Ministries and they did the Stanford-Binet on our three year old. I was very happy with them. The # is 216-252-1399.

What about your LEA for pre-school? My son goes to pre-school at Shupe in Amherst and they have peer models in his classroom. If you are able to access Autism Scholarship $$, you could try Spectrum Consulting. They are located in Lorain. They are one of the providers on the scholarship list.

----- Original Message ----From: TM McKenna <tmmckenna@...> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:03:01 PMSubject: [ ] Intelligence Testing; Preschools

Two separate inquiries:

1. Can anyone recommend someone to do a complete (and fair) intelligence assessment on a 4 year old autistic child?

2. Does anyone know of any preschools on the west side (reasonably close to Avon) that will accept and work with an autistic child with a tutor (for purposes of normal peer interaction) . We're wait listed at Middleburg (MEEC) and Bay Presbyterian.

Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

If you are going to do an IQ test, be sure to do a non-verbal IQ

test! And if the pysch says the IQ test he/she will use has verbal

and performance subscores (such as the WISC-III), point out that

sometimes, performance tests evaluate just that - the child's fine

motor skill performance. That's what we saw with my son.

But a non-verbal IQ test for a 4 year old? That's a hard one:

There's the Arthur Point Scale of Performance, Form I - used to

supplement the highly verbal Binet test, good for individuals with

language and speech issues.

There's the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale - ages 3 1/2 to 10 y.o. -

where the child picks out what doesn't belong.

And there's the Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude - designed

for children with deafness and speech/language disabilities - with

12 subtests, some seem to be performance based.

I have no experience with these tests - we used the TONI - but goes

down to age 6 at the lowest. Chris

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> We just had an eval done by Dr. Cara Marker at Inner Health

Ministries and they did the Stanford-Binet on our three year old. I

was very happy with them. The # is 216-252-1399.

>

> What about your LEA for pre-school? My son goes to pre-school at

Shupe in Amherst and they have peer models in his classroom. If you

are able to access Autism Scholarship $$, you could try Spectrum

Consulting. They are located in Lorain. They are one of the

providers on the scholarship list.

>

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> ----- Original Message ----

> From: TM McKenna <tmmckenna@...>

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> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:03:01 PM

> Subject: [ ] Intelligence Testing; Preschools

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> Two separate inquiries:

>

> 1. Can anyone recommend someone to do a complete (and fair)

intelligence assessment on a 4 year old autistic child?

>

> 2. Does anyone know of any preschools on the west side

(reasonably close to Avon) that will accept and work with an

autistic child with a tutor (for purposes of normal peer

interaction) . We're wait listed at Middleburg (MEEC) and Bay

Presbyterian.

>

> Thanks.

>

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[Guest guest]

You may want to try Kiddie Kollege in Avon. A friend of mine had her

son in their pre-K program last year with a tutor. She was extremely

pleased with their program, acceptance of him and the impact it had

on his socialization. She did have an awesome tutor with him which

is a must in any preschool inclusion situation.

Colleen

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> > We just had an eval done by Dr. Cara Marker at Inner Health

> Ministries and they did the Stanford-Binet on our three year old.

I

> was very happy with them. The # is 216-252-1399.

> >

> > What about your LEA for pre-school? My son goes to pre-school at

> Shupe in Amherst and they have peer models in his classroom. If

you

> are able to access Autism Scholarship $$, you could try Spectrum

> Consulting. They are located in Lorain. They are one of the

> providers on the scholarship list.

> >

> >

> > ----- Original Message ----

> > From: TM McKenna <tmmckenna@>

> >

> > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:03:01 PM

> > Subject: [ ] Intelligence Testing; Preschools

> >

> > Two separate inquiries:

> >

> > 1. Can anyone recommend someone to do a complete (and fair)

> intelligence assessment on a 4 year old autistic child?

> >

> > 2. Does anyone know of any preschools on the west side

> (reasonably close to Avon) that will accept and work with an

> autistic child with a tutor (for purposes of normal peer

> interaction) . We're wait listed at Middleburg (MEEC) and Bay

> Presbyterian.

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

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