Immediate symbol translation

Question 1

What materials are needed?

Answer 1

Administration and scoring manual, record form, and stimulus book 3.

Question 2

Where do you start?

Answer 2

Ages 6-16: Item 1

Question 3

When do you discontinue?

Answer 3

Discontinue if the child’s cumulative raw score is less than or equal to the specified value at decision point A, B, or C

Question 4

What are the general directions?

Answer 4

The child learns visual-verbal pairs and then translates symbol strings into phrases or sentences.

Question 5

What is the scoring criteria?

Answer 5

General: Translation must be precise to be correct. Credit for each item is based on the number of correct translations. For each correct translation, record a check mark in the corresponding box. Incorrect or skipped translations are not recorded.

Item 1-3: Score only the last completed trial. 1 point for correct translation and 0 points for incorrect, skipped, or failure to respond. For each item, record the total number of correct translations for the last completed trial in the Item score column.

Items 4-6: Score only the last completed trial. 1 point for correct translation and 0 points for incorrect, skipped, or failure to respond. For each item, record the total number of correct translations for the last completed trial in the Item score column.

Items 7-21: Correct translations of “and” and “the” do not receive credit. Score only the last completed trial. 1 point for correct translation and 0 points for incorrect, skipped, or failure to respond. For each item, record the total number of correct translations for the last completed trial in the Item score column