Re: Grandmother of a beautiful little boy - IQ TEST

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There is a non-verbal test called the Leiter test.

http://www.stoeltingco.com/tests/catalog/leiter-r.html.

I also had remembered Dr. Laveman had posted about another test in

the past. I was unable to find it in the archives but he was kind

enough to resend me the information.

" Hi :

I believe you are thinking of the Wechsler Scales, which is one of

the more

common IQ tests. It has three versions: the WPPSI for preschoolers,

the

WISC for schoolage children, and the WAIS for teens and adults. It

gives the

examiner three group scores: verbal, performance, and full-scale,

based on

the individual subtest results.

It is easy to give and analyze, and many school districts prefer it

for this

reason. Many psychologists criticize it for two reasons: it is felt

to

often be inaccurate if the child is having a " bad day " due to

defiance or

inattention, and also because it can be socioeconomically biased for

children with less exposure to certain environmental factors,

especially

children who have been socially isolated. For many, the Stanford-

Binet and

the Kaufman are felt to be less vulnerable and more accurate,

although

harder to give and score.

The result of the IQ score is critical, since the IDEA defines

learning

disability as a greater than 2 standard deviation difference between

IQ and

academic functioning. An inaccurate IQ often may score the child

LOWER than

his/her true IQ, and narrow this discrepancy, and therefore

disqualify the

child for classification. "

Good luck,

Larry Laveman, MD

Consultant, CHERAB

I told them about the

> IQ Test for nonverbal children that I read about in this

communication, and

> now I have forgotten the name of it. and my children can't find the

name of

> it either. The school said they would give Jake the test if we

could tell

> them the name of it. Would somebody out there send that name along

to us. I

> would deeply appreciate it. And so would Jake! Thanks Jane

> pjjd734@a...