Guest guest Posted December 15, 1999 Report Share Posted December 15, 1999 Can any of you tell me what would be considered in the " normal " range for an IQ? And what would be considered a range for being mentally retarded? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 1999 Report Share Posted December 15, 1999 Floyd and Tish Lavrenz wrote: > > > Can any of you tell me what would be considered in the " normal " range for > an IQ? And what would be considered a range for being mentally retarded? > Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Usually below 70 -75 is considered mentally retarded, 55-70 mild, 35-55 moderate, 20-35 severe, below 20 profound. But to be classified as retarded > there also has to be an impairment in ones' ability to adapt to the environment, so someone with an IQ of 70 is not automatically classified as retarded. The range of > 75-90 is considered low average or slow learner. It's important to remember that an IQ test is only one test, many people have abilities and potential that are not > reflected by them. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 1999 Report Share Posted December 16, 1999 In a message dated 12/15/1999 6:44:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, Beat4girl@... writes: << When Jake had his psychological eval, the psychologist administered a test to him that didn't require any talking. It worked very well for him at 5 years old.....don't know about younger ones. Can't think of the name...I'll have to look it up and post later. Seems like it was something about revised Lietner something scale.... >> Perhaps it was the performance portion of the IQ test? Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 1999 Report Share Posted December 16, 1999 << IQ tests that rely on a verbal component are considered invalid for children with hearing loss. You can use them to determine a minimum IQ threshhold but not a maximum. >> , Ain't that the truth. My school district did the Stanford Binet on ! I didn't find out until after the fact that this test in particular is totally inappropriate to test d/hoh kids. I requested and was granted an IEE. I also wrote a brief letter to the sped director and the page of the NASDE book that states specifically that this test is not appropriate for d/hoh kids. Janet Wife to Matt Mom to & (CHaRGEr) 7, nne 2 1/2 Mom to 16 months. Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA <A HREF= " http://members.aol.com/jpm4189/page/index.htm " >Our Family Homepage</ A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 1999 Report Share Posted December 16, 1999 In a message dated 12/16/1999 10:21:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, Theathdi@... writes: << Perhaps it was the performance portion of the IQ test? Terry >> At the psychological eval they did these things......... Record Review Parent and teacher interview Behavioral Observation *Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised (Leiter-R); *Visualization and Reasoning Battery *Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised Parent Rating Scale *Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Interview Edition (completed by me) He didn't have to say anything for the testing....mostly reasoning kinda stuff from what I saw. He scored average/high average on these tests. Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 1999 Report Share Posted December 16, 1999 In a message dated 12/16/1999 10:01:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, Beat4girl@... writes: << Record Review Parent and teacher interview Behavioral Observation *Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised (Leiter-R); *Visualization and Reasoning Battery *Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised Parent Rating Scale *Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Interview Edition (completed by me) >> Sounds appropriate to me Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 1999 Report Share Posted December 18, 1999 Our AEA wants to do some evaluations/intelligence testing on the child we are adopting. They want her to have these evaluations done at a school for the deaf because they have the " experts " there who work with the deaf. Supposedly the results are not colored to recommend a school for the deaf. (I have nothing against a school for the deaf. It would be a residential school and we do not want her away from our family.) Anyway, I would like to know from the " real experts " here on this list what evals/tests I should ask for. They (School for the Deaf) will tell me what evaluations they are going to do, but I want to know if they are tests that you people would recommend. A little background on the child: 1) 9 yo (just turned nine today) 2) currently in foster care 3) parental termination due to neglect/abuse 4) African American 5) history of many care takers and no roots anywhere 6) pretty much no schooling except maybe 9 months in school for deaf in another state and currently 3 months in a spec ed classroom while she is in foster care 7) from what we can tell pretty language delayed but we think that is due to not being around signers. Mom didn't sign or any other family member. family learning sign. I know this is pretty sketchy history, but this is the child that scored a 91 IQ a couple of years ago at another state's school for the deaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 1999 Report Share Posted December 22, 1999 In a message dated 12/22/99 9:35:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, Bridgesfog@... writes: << Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (C-TONI) >> Hi again..just realized that I guess I aughta refer to the testing...so when I asked my question regarding whether this is a new test or something that testers are already aware of, people would know what I was talking about.... E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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