Testing in Children

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Testing in Children
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Some Principles of Child Assessment

• Children are not little, stupid adults
• Developmental level must always be considered
  when interpreting tests
• The childs behavior is determined in part by all
  of the systems in which s/he is a part
• When working with children, you have multiple
  clients
• It is important to maintain and balance rapport
  and control when testing

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Types of Testing

• Cognitive/Intelligence
• Achievement
• Adaptive behavior
• Behavioral ratings/ psychopathology
• Projectives

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Cognitive/Intelligence Tests

• Measures of potential ability
• WISC-III/WPPSI
• Stanford-Binet

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Achievement Tests

• Achievement what a child has acquired
• Important in determining LD
• Group tests
• Individual test
• WRAT
• Woodcock-Johnson

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Adaptive Behavior

• Necessary for the diagnosis of mental retardation
• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

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Behavior ratings/ psychopathology

• Conners Rating Scales
• Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL Achenbach)
• Personality Inventory for Children

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Projectives

• Rorschach
• TAT and CAT
• Drawings
• Draw-A-Person
• Kinetic Family Drawing
• House-Tree-Person
• Bender-Gestalt
• Make A Picture Story (MAPS)