[blindkid] Inquiry about IQ/Gifted Testing

Gina Ouellette gouellette at csb-cde.ca.gov
Tue Apr 24 19:07:17 UTC 2012


What is the WSIII?

Thanks,
Gina


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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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