[blindkid] School psych & educational evaluations

Barbara Hammel poetlori8 at msn.com
Tue Sep 22 18:44:59 UTC 2009


I'm just wondering how well will he realkly do on these tests that require 
so much visual skill?  If hiw nystagmus is bad, can he really focus in on 
details.  Hopefully they're doing this to test bvisual skill more than 
intelligence?
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: <dhammelia at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:17 PM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blindkid] School psych & educational evaluations

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> Bender Gestalt
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> The original test consists of nine figures, each on its own 3 × 5 card. 
> The subject is shown each figure and asked to copy it onto a piece of 
> blank paper. The test typically takes 7-10 minutes, after which the 
> results are scored based on accuracy and other characteristics.
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> WISC-IV
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> Verbal IQ and Performance IQ as well as four composite scores known as 
> indices: Verbal Comprehension (VCI), Perceptual Organizational (POI), 
> Processing Speed (PSI) and Working Memory (WMI).
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> The VCI's subtests are as follows:
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> Vocabulary - straightforward questions over the meaning of words
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> Similarities - asking how two concepts are alike
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> Comprehension - questions about social situations or common concepts
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> Information (supplemental) - general knowledge questions
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> The POI's subtests are as follows:
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> Block Design - children put together red-and-white blocks in a pattern 
> according to a displayed model. This is timed, and some of the more 
> difficult puzzles award bonuses for speed.
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> Picture Arrangement
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> Object Assembly
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> Matrix Reasoning - children are shown an array of pictures with one 
> missing square, and select the picture that fits the array from five 
> options.
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> Picture Completion (supplemental) - children are shown artwork of common 
> objects with a missing part, and asked to identify the missing part by 
> pointing and/or naming.
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> The WMI's (also known as Freedom from Distractibility) subtests are as 
> follows:
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> Digit Span - children are orally given sequences of20numbers and asked to 
> repeat them, either as heard or in reverse order.
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> Arithmetic (supplemental) - orally administered arithmetic questions. 
> Timed.
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> The PSI's subtests are as follows:
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> Coding - children under 8 mark rows of shapes with different lines 
> according to a code, children over 8 transcribe a digit-symbol code. 
> Time-limited with bonuses for speed.
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> Symbol Search - children are given rows of symbols and target symbols, and 
> asked to mark whether or not the target symbols appear in each row.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: holly miller <hollym12 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 21, 2009 8:51 pm
> Subject: [blindkid] School psych & educational evaluations
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> Hi!
> ecently Hank had his 3 year IEP re-evaluations done.
> n reading the reports, I'm wondering how his vision could be affecting his
> bility to understand what was being asked of him & give the proper
> esponses.
> t seems a no brainer that there would be some impact but since I have no
> dea what the testing materials look like, it's hard to understand what 
> some
> f the pitfalls would be.
> t our next IEP meeting (Thursday) I'm going to ask them to explain & show
> e the testing materials but I'd feel more confident if I can glean some of
> his info ahead of time.
> Hank is 9 and has Albinism.  His acuity is 20/200 paired with photo-phobia
> nd Nystagmus.  Which -for those of you who have been following our saga
> now - in district & commission speak that means tossing him some hand held
> agnifiers, dark pencils and slapping papers on
> the xyrox to enlarge them
> hould be all he needs.
> Anyhoo
> he tests in question are
> ender Gestalt
> ISC-IV
> nd Woodcock-Johnson III Form A
> Thanks so much!
> olly
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