Testing for preschool

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Does anyone know of an " appropriate " assessment/test for cognitive ability for a

3 yr. old with Down syndrome?? I got a call tonight that from the school

psychologist saying she was requested by the school principal to do a cognitive

assessment on Kit for her playbased assessment this week. The psychologist

feels uncomfortable doing such a test based on not knowing Kit (they've never

met) and because of Kit's poor language/verbal skills. She said she wasn't sure

what type of assessment she would use and wanted to touchbase with me prior to

the assessment on Wednesday to share her concerns. I haven't spoken directly to

the psychologist yet, but will...just wanted to see if anyone knew of a test

that would be most appropriate--if there is such a thing--that I could suggest.

Thanks.

Jill

Mom to Mac (6 yrs., Ds) and Kit (3 yrs., Ds)

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In a message dated 8/15/2004 9:20:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

thrill@... writes:

> Does anyone know of an " appropriate " assessment/test for cognitive ability

> for a 3 yr. old with Down syndrome??

Liam was given the (sp?) by both a school psychologist and

developmental pediatrician. I can't say I think it's reliable since the

developmental

ped. scored him 30% higher than the school psychologist, all within a month or

two.

Kathy, Liam's mom( 6)

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In a message dated 8/16/04 4:22:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

writes:

> Does anyone know of an " appropriate " assessment/test for cognitive ability

> for a 3 yr. old with Down syndrome??

The preschool where I work uses the Battelle, the DAYC, the PKBS (both the

professional and the parents fill this one out) the Mullen and one other which

escapes me at the moment. The Battelle and PKBS get used on every child, the

others are used if retesting needs to occur before six months are up since the

last testing was done. The Boehm, the DAYC and the Mullen get used for core

evals (when I child is being seen and evaluated for the first time).

nancy

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Jill,

Don't let them do an IQ evaluation. It is not required by law and it is

also not accurate in a child this young. When Micah was evaluated for

pre-school for transition these are the tests we had done. Peabody

Developmental

motor scale., peabody evaluation scale, Vineland adaptive scale, Bayley scale

of infant development. This way they got an idea of where Micah was

functioning developmentally but did not get an IQ score which is a more concrete

number

that (I feel) can be used with prejudice. Where you are functioning at the

moment changes. I hope this helps.

Loree