[blindkid] psych tests

Barbara Hammel poetlori8 at msn.com
Sun Mar 4 03:06:20 UTC 2012


It was just a list of questions about what the child can and can't do based 
on his age level which made him come out with an IQ of 25.
Can he stack blocks, can he use a scissors to cut out things, can he play 
catch with a ball.  All in all, I guess, they were legitimate questions and 
maybe I just don't know what these tests are like.  I also understand that 
as the child gets older and his skills don't improve his IQ will drop.  What 
we really want is to prove that behaviors are interfering with learning. 
The things he wants to learn, he picks up on quickly--as do most 
children--but the things he's not interested in, there is absolutely no way 
to motivate him to do so--which is most academic skills.
Barbara




Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
-----Original Message----- 
From: Carol Castellano
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:56 PM
To: Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] psych tests

Barbara,
In what way was the previous test disastrous?
Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
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At 11:36 PM 3/2/2012, you wrote:
>For behavior health intervention services to possibly continue longer than 
>we’ve been approved initially for, we need to do psych evals that show 
>skill deficits in our severely autistic twins.  Does anyone know what tests 
>I should ask the psychologist if she does to get a more accurate reading 
>than the last disastrous test we did? Essentially, they have no usuable 
>vision. Barbara Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl 
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