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Psychoeducational Tests

Psychoeducational Tests. Woodcock – Johnson III (WJ III) Differential Ability Scale (DAS ) Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC II) . Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children II ( K-ABC II). Alan and Nadeen Kaufman K-ABC 1983 KABC II - 2004

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Psychoeducational Tests

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  1. Psychoeducational Tests Woodcock – Johnson III (WJ III) Differential Ability Scale (DAS) Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC II)

  2. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children II (K-ABC II) • Alan and Nadeen Kaufman • K-ABC 1983 • KABC II - 2004 • Was 2 ½ years to 12 ½, revised 3 - 18 • Core tests 25 to 55 minutes – Luria model • Supplementary 35 to 70 minutes - CHC

  3. Purpose of test • Cognitive assessment • Psychological and clinical assessment • Psychoeducational evaluation of learning disabilities (LD and ADHD) • Educational planning and placement • Minority group assessment – culture fair • Preschool assessment • Neuropsychological assessment • Research

  4. Theoretical base • Dual Cognitive Theoretical Base Neuropsychology Cattell’s theory (CHC) general intelligence crystalized intelligence = achievement fluid intelligence = mental processing specific intelligences

  5. Mental processing • neuropsychological model Based on Luria’s work on cognitive functioning • Sequential = serialist • Simultaneous = parallel (holist)

  6. Psychometric properties • Strong on: factor structure norms reliability validity (internal and external) (some floor and ceiling effects)

  7. 19 sub tests (total possible all ages) 4 or 5 Indexes mean of 100, standard deviation of 15 Sequential processing (L) Simultaneous processing (L) Learning ability (L) Planning ability (L) Crystallized ability (CHC)

  8. Sequential Processing(short term memory) • Hand movement • Number recall • Word order

  9. Simultaneous processing (visual processing) • Face recognition • Gestalt closure • Triangles • Rover • Pattern reasoning • Block counting • Conceptual thinking

  10. Planning Ability(fluid reasoning) • Pattern recognition • Story completion

  11. Learning Ability(long term storage and retrieval) • Atlantis • Atlantis Delayed • Rebus • Rebus Delayed

  12. Crystallized Ability(knowledge) • Expressive vocabulary • Riddles • Verbal knowledge

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