[blindkid] Inquiry about IQ/Gifted Testing

Tue Apr 24 19:09:51 UTC 2012

Woodcock-Johnson III NU: Tests of Achievement Braille Adaptation

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Gina Ouellette
<gouellette at csb-cde.ca.gov>wrote:

> What is the WSIII?
>
> Thanks,
> Gina
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dr. Denise M Robinson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:46 AM
> To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Inquiry about IQ/Gifted Testing
>
> The WSIII has a normed braille version
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Heather Field <missheather at comcast.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Hello Arielle,
> > I am not aware of any IQ tests normed for 4-year-old blind children. I
> > believe that the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children (WISC),
> > which is now in its fourth version, may have been normed for blind
> children.
> > However, even this would present problems as it would only have been
> > normed on the nonvisual components. Furthermore, as the population of
> > children who are blind, with no additional interfering variables such
> > as other disabilities, is so small to begin with, and certainly the
> > entire population was not included in the process of norming the test,
> > it is almost impossible to take any claims of something having been
> > normed with blind children seriously.
> >
> > So, I would advise the parents to ask for their child to be assessed
> > on a combination of her work and on portfolios and recommendations
> > from teachers who work with her. The psychologist may want to give her
> > some test of their chosing but it really will have no significance in
> > deciding this child's ranking with her sighted peers.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Heather field
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Arielle Silverman
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:20 PM
> > To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [blindkid] Inquiry about IQ/Gifted Testing
> >
> > Hi all,
> > This came up on another list and I think some of you will have answers
> > for this mom. If you have pertinent information please either write to
> > her directly using the email address provided in the header, or reply
> > on-list and I will forward. Thanks for your help!
> > Arielle
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: annie murphy <annabelle231 at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:38:53 -0700 (PDT)
> > Subject: [LCA] IQ Test for blind
> > To: "LCA at yahoogroups.com" <LCA at yahoogroups.com>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to get Madeline enrolled in Kindergarten for the 2012-2013
> > year. Because she will not be 5 until October, I have to go through
> > early entrance, for which you have to be deemed gifted. They have done
> > everything other than an IQ test, but at this point, they are stumped
> > on how to do this. I was told today that they will adapt the IQ test
> > by just giving Mads the verbal parts. Anything with a picture or graph
> > will be not be used. My concerns are that for her to get early
> > enrollment, she has to score a 95 or higher on the IQ test, and they
> > are only using the verbal parts...
> > Does anyone know where I can find an adapted IQ test for a 4 year old??
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Annie
> > Madelin 4.5 years old, gene still unknown.
> >
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 Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision, LLC
Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision
509-674-1853

Website with hundreds of informational articles & lessons on PC, Office
products, Mac, iPad/iTools and more, all done with
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"The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
doing it." --Chinese Proverb

Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid: humans are incredibly
slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond
imagination.
--Albert Einstein

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
--Walt Disney