[blindkid] psych tests
Carol Castellano
carol_castellano at verizon.net
Mon Mar 5 22:29:11 UTC 2012
Barbara,
You may have researched all this already, but
here are a few links that lead to at least
discussion of the issues involved in such
testing, which maybe will convince the testers
not to underestimate him. I did not read all of
them and so cannot whether I think they're good.
<http://www.tsbvi.edu/instructional-resources/122-psychological-testing-of-blind-and-visually-impaired-children>http://www.tsbvi.edu/instructional-resources/122-psychological-testing-of-blind-and-visually-impaired-children
http://www.aph.org/tests/intelligencetesting.html
<http://www.perkins.org/resources/scout/students-with-multiple-disabilities/educational-assessment.html>http://www.perkins.org/resources/scout/students-with-multiple-disabilities/educational-assessment.html
This next one leads to a book excerpt on Google:
<http://books.google.com/books?id=OiKau0aqtsYC&pg=PT310&lpg=PT310&dq=psychological+testing+blind&source=bl&ots=wYXh6h1WbH&sig=PnXq7Hvcp6LU0mYKeZrX3cuMLwU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JiFVT-amJe6N0QG6lI28DQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=psychological%20testing%20blind&f=false>http://books.google.com/books?id=OiKau0aqtsYC&pg=PT310&lpg=PT310&dq=psychological+testing+blind&source=bl&ots=wYXh6h1WbH&sig=PnXq7Hvcp6LU0mYKeZrX3cuMLwU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JiFVT-amJe6N0QG6lI28DQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=psychological%20testing%20blind&f=false
Carol
Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org
At 10:06 PM 3/3/2012, you wrote:
>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
>carol_castellano at verizon.net
>www.blindchildren.org www.nopbc.org At 11:36 PM
>3/2/2012, you wrote: >For behavior health
>intervention services to possibly continue
>longer than >weâv¢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 >Sandburg
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