Paediatric Assessment 1 Flashcards
McCarthy Scales
Individually administered tests for children aged 2-6 to 8-6. Provides a general cognitive index and scores on five abilities (verbal, number, perceptual performance, memory and motor). Good reliability but questionable construct validity.
Limitations of McCarthy Scales
Lots of work to score (therefore more error). No social comprehension scale. Scales overlap. Underestimates above average children. Can’t prorate scores if a test needs to be excluded. No norms for older children.
Leiter International Performance Scale
Non-verbal test for children with sensory or motor difficulties. Child must match sequences of cards. Covers non-verbal reasoning, visualisation, attention and memory. Variable validity and good reliability.
Columbia Mental Maturity Scale
Untimed test of reasoning ability that is not dependent on reading ability. Select the card that doesn’t match. Good reliability and moderate validity.
Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude
Only test degisned specifically for hearing impaired children (aged 3 to 17). 12 subscales involving verbal labelling, categorisation, concept formation and rehearsal. Good reliability and validity but uses American sign language.
Bayley Scales of Infant Development
Used for infants ages 0-1 to 3-6 years as a measure of cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional and adaptive behaviour. Checklist involving only age appropriate development.
Psychometrics of Bayley Scales
Representative standardisation. Good reliability for mental scales. More variable in motor scale due to variation in motor development. Good for early detection of issues that require intervention.
WRAT-III
Individual test measuring reading, spelling and arithmetic ability. One version for aged 5-0 to 11-11 and another version for aged 12-0 and over.
Criticisms of WRAT-III
Only assesses reading, spelling and basic arithmetic so cannot be used to detect a learning or intellectual disability. Reading subtest is a list reading exercise, so not actually reading.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Multiple choice test designed to measure receptive vocabulary. Select one of four pictures that depict the word spoken by the examiner. Poor reliability and validity. Not an IQ test.
