3 year eval. question :) asap

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HI

Tomorrow I have an IEP meeting to discuss what assessment tools will be used

for Sara's Triennial. Now this meeting just popped up after they called,

wanting me to come up to the school to sign authorization forms (for the

tests) I said sure but please have a list of tests they will use with Sara.

Five minutes later the school secretary called back with a request for an IEP

meeting (to discuss this lol)

Now for the last two evals, first one being an initial eval at age 3 and the

2nd was given at age 6, I let them do a Psychological Evaluation. This year

I'm not..... with good reasons lol My question is I'm not sure of the names

of tests that are Psych tests lol IQ tests, this is what they will probably

suggest..........

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale

Anyone with any info???? or suggestions for alternative test tools?

Thanks

Kathy mom to Sara 9

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In a message dated 1/18/01 5:14:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,

b4alltoday@... writes:

<< Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale >>

I am not writing to give you suggestions but just to mention that Binet was

one of the docs who tested people on Ellis Island to determine if they were

" feeble mindedness " and deny those he deemed were entrance into the USA. I

learned this at a workshop about the history of disabilities in this country

at the same time my son was learning the same in his Pysch class in high

school.

We also learned that in the early part of the century, teachers, public

workers, police, nurses, etc had a civic duty to report any " feeble minded "

children they saw to the government, who in turn would come and take the

children away from their families. I read a court case about a family in

1930 that was fined $250.00 for trying to keep their child!

And one last fact that I will share with you I learned at this workshop ...

no I will make you guess ...... what famous, very famous Virginia statesman,

orator, politician, ambassador, a draftsman of the Declaration of

Independence, a President of the United States, had a sister who was mentally

retarded? ;-)

Cheryl in VA

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In a message dated 1/18/2001 7:48:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,

wildwards@... writes:

> And one last fact that I will share with you I learned at this workshop ...

> no I will make you guess ...... what famous, very famous Virginia

> statesman,

> orator, politician, ambassador, a draftsman of the Declaration of

> Independence, a President of the United States, had a sister who was

> mentally

> retarded? ;-)

>

Ms Hemmings paramour?

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The Stanford Binet is an IQ test and NOT recommended for our children. It is

verbally based. The Leiter (sp??) is a non verbal based test. I know there

is a new one out, I just don't know the name. I say forgo any IQ testing if

you can.

>

Title: Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales: Interview Edition, Expanded Form.

Author: Sparrow-Sara-S; And Others.

Abstract: This is a revision of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale and is

used to assess personal and social sufficiency of people from birth to

adulthood. The scales are applicable to both handicapped and nonhandicapped

individuals. This form offers a more comprehensive assessment of adaptive

behavior than the interview edition, survey form and includes 297 items from

the survey form. It is administered in a semi-structured interview with a

parent or caregiver of an individual from birth through 18 years of age or of

a low functioning adult. A maladaptive behavior domain is included in this

form as an optional section. Subtests: Communication; Daily Living Skills;

Socialization; Motor Skills.

Number of Test Items: 577.

Testing Time: 90; approx minutes.

Age Range: AGE 0-17, Adults.

Publication Date: 1984

Most recent update to the database: May 1984

Stanford Binet:

> Authors: <A

HREF= " http://www.riverpub.com/products/clinical/authors/thor.htm " > L.

Thorndike</A>, <A

HREF= " http://www.riverpub.com/products/clinical/authors/hagen.htm " >

Hagen</A>, <A

HREF= " http://www.riverpub.com/products/clinical/authors/satt.htm " >Jerome

Sattler</A>

> Purpose: Assesses intelligence and cognitive abilities

> Ages: 2 - Adult

> Administration Time: Varies depending on number of subtests administered

> Scores: SS; SAS; AE; PR

> Reliability: Median reliabilities for the Composite Score across all ages

> is .97. Subtest reliabilities are typically in the .80s and .90s

> Validity: A number of validity studies were conducted and are reported in

> the Technical Manual

> Standardized: on a carefully stratified national sample of more than 5,000

> subjects ages 2 through adult

>

[Guest guest]

Hi!

I'm assuming your talking about tests which yield and I'Q. score. Those

tests would be the Stanford-Binet, or the Weschler Intelligence Scale for

Children revised (a.k.a. WISC-R) or the Slosson test of Intelligence.

Take Care,

Kent

b4alltoday@... writes:

>HI

>

>Tomorrow I have an IEP meeting to discuss what assessment tools will be

>used

>for Sara's Triennial. Now this meeting just popped up after they called,

>wanting me to come up to the school to sign authorization forms (for the

>tests) I said sure but please have a list of tests they will use with

>Sara.

>Five minutes later the school secretary called back with a request for an

>IEP

>meeting (to discuss this lol)

>

>Now for the last two evals, first one being an initial eval at age 3 and

>the

>2nd was given at age 6, I let them do a Psychological Evaluation. This

>year

>I'm not..... with good reasons lol My question is I'm not sure of the

>names

>of tests that are Psych tests lol IQ tests, this is what they will

>probably

>suggest..........

>

>Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

>Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale

>

>Anyone with any info???? or suggestions for alternative test tools?

>

>Thanks

>

>Kathy mom to Sara 9

>

>

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IQ tests would be something like the WISC-R or the Stanford-Binet. I prefer

the Leiter if they must do this. There is a Vineland Adaptive Behavior

Scale, and one other I can't remember but it starts with a B. I wouldn't

allow psych tests either.

Elaine

3 year eval. question asap

> HI

>

> Tomorrow I have an IEP meeting to discuss what assessment tools will be

used

> for Sara's Triennial. Now this meeting just popped up after they called,

> wanting me to come up to the school to sign authorization forms (for the

> tests) I said sure but please have a list of tests they will use with

Sara.

> Five minutes later the school secretary called back with a request for an

IEP

> meeting (to discuss this lol)

>

> Now for the last two evals, first one being an initial eval at age 3 and

the

> 2nd was given at age 6, I let them do a Psychological Evaluation. This

year

> I'm not..... with good reasons lol My question is I'm not sure of the

names

> of tests that are Psych tests lol IQ tests, this is what they will

probably

> suggest..........

>

> Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

> Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale

>

> Anyone with any info???? or suggestions for alternative test tools?

>

> Thanks

>

> Kathy mom to Sara 9

>

>

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In a message dated 1/18/01 8:55:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, C1ndysue1 writes:

<< Ms Hemmings paramour? >>

Ding ding ding! And guess what, it was the same biographer ( Fawn

Brodie,years ago) that first alluded to the Hemmings connection that also

discovered the sister had MR. Historians dismissed her findings back when

she wrote all this.

Cheryl