Intelligence Assessment Readings Flashcards
What is the benefits to early intervention?
to enhance child’s development
reduce costs in the long term
provide support for family
Who qualifies for early intervention?
children from birth through age 3 who are at risk for or suspected of having a developmental delay
What is a developmental delay?
not having attained developmental milestones in one or more of the five areas of development
CPSE
Children aged 3-5 who have a significant developmental delay that adversely affects the child’s ability to learn
What are the five domains that must be assessed to determine a developmental delay?
cognitive language adaptive social/emotional motor
What is the most common referral reason for EIP?
language delay, especially receptive language
always test for hearing loss
What is hypotonia?
floppy baby
What is needed to be a good assessor?
being well-trained in psychometrics
keen observers
skilled interviewers
supervised practica and opportunities to observe experienced practitioners
When making recommendations, pay attention to…
listen to the families priorities
understand cultural variations
Bayley Scales of Infant Development III
age 1-3
assesses all five domains
tests development, not intelligence
Stability of IQ
for a young child you’re often not measuring intelligence, you’re testing development
age 3-5 corr .4 with measures of adult intelligence
age 6-7 corr .7 with measures of adult intelligence
eligibility for EIP
2 SD below in one area or 1.5 SD below in two or more areas
When giving feedback to parents after assessing their child…
normalize delays–delays now don’t meant that the kid will always be delayed
Best practices
MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INFO AND MULTIPLE METHODS when making diagnostic placement decisions
Interpret scores as evidence of current developmental functioning rather than predictive of future functioning.
What is executive functioning?
mental functioning involved in decision making, planning, inhibition, motor planning and execution
Age-related IQ decline
memory declines
sensory modalities decline in sensitivity
vocabulary and verbal reasoning stable or increase
high IQ ppl lose more IQ points as they age than do low IQ ppl
appropriateness of norms due to…
cultural background
educational background
linguistic background
*Avoid misdiagnosis due to not knowing a client’s background!
When should we assess malingering?
when the person has something to gain by doing poorly on the test
when there’s a big discrepancy between a person’s claimed stress/disability and objective findings/known patterns of brain functioning
when self-report findings are discrepant with behavioral observations, documented history, and reports of others
How did the diagnosis of intellectual disability change with the DSM V?
less focus on IQ score
now, emphasis on clinical assessment/judgment
When assessing someone from a different culture, it is important to…
determine proficiency in native and acquired language
consider the degree of cultural loading on items
Luria’s model
divides higher order brain functioning into three main blocks:
lower brain stem structures
posterior cerebral cortex
anterior cerebral cortex
Vygotsky’s model
social, cultural, and environmental influences interact with our neurological structures to develop higher level functioning.
Language and thought processes develop in five stages
How can we measure EF?
card sorting tasks
category and letter retrieval tasks
trail making tasks
