Assessment of Intelligence Exam 2

-Important to gain trust

-Tailor language to child

-Testing environment should be aesthetically pleasing but not distracting

-Encourage and guide them

Issues to consider when establishing rapport with children

Vocabulary (VC)

Subtest on the WISC-V that best represents g

-Do not provide choices you cannot honor

-Explain testing to parent and child

-Child should be tested without parent

-Test limits only after entire test has been administered

-Do not come off as condescending

-Privacy issues with confidentiality

Considerations when testing children

WISC-IV

-2003

-10 core subtests

-5 supplementary subtests

10

How many primary subtests are on the WISC-V?

6

How many secondary subtests are on the WISC-V?

5

How many complementary subtests are on the WISC-V?

-Update theoretical foundations

-Developmental appropriateness

-Increase user friendliness

-Improving psychometric properties

-Enhance clinical utility

What were the major revision goals of the WISC-V?

-More neuro-focused

-New measures of visual spatial ability and working memory

-PRI split into VSI and FRI

-Improved verbal comprehension and processing speed measures with composites for each

How did the WISC-V update theoretical foundations?

-Further simplification of verbatim subtest instructions

-Increased demo, sample, and teaching items

-More clarifications to aid in scoring

-Reduced number of block design items with time bonus

How did the WISC-V improve developmental appropriateness?

-Reduce testing time to approximately 65 mins for 10 primary subtests

-Simpler test admin and scoring directions

-Reduced discontinue rules (mostly 3 consecutive 0s and earlier discontinuance)

-Redesigned stimulus books

-Copyright protections of items by replacing from earlier versions

How did the WISC-V increase user-friendliness?

Reducing number of items and earlier discontinuance

How did the WISC-V reduce testing time to approximately 65 minutes for the 10 primary subtests, in order to improve user-friendliness?

-Norms

-Improved reliability and validity

-Improved floors and increased ceilings

-More testing of item bias

-More options for critical value levels

How did the WISC-V improve psychometric properties?

2012 US census (data collection 2013-2014)

What were the norms based on to improve psychometric properties in the WISC-V?

-13 special group studies

-Subsamples administered either K-TEA-3 or WIAKT-III for linkages to achievement testing

-Use of 5 factor test structure

-Current and engaging artwork and items

-Redesigned processing speed

-Change in score difference comparison method

-New NVI

-Additionally ancillary scores, process scores, and complementary subtests

How did the WISC-V enhance clinical utility?

The FSIQ/7 subtests or to mean primary index score/10 subtests

What is the change in score difference comparison method relative to?

6:0-16:11

Age range for WISC-V

7

How many primary subtests needed to obtain the FSIQ?

10

How many primary subtests needed to obtain the primary index scores?

11

How many additional subtests make up the ancillary and complementary scales on the WISC-V?

FSIQ

What is the only scale substitutions are allowed for on the WISC-V?

-FW

-VP

-PS

-NSL

-NSQ

-IST

-DST

-RST

What are the new subtests on the WISC-V?

Visual Puzzles

Which subtest(s) can Block Design be substituted for?

-Information

-Comprehension

Which subtest(s) can Similarities be substituted for?

Picture Completion

Which subtest(s) can Matrix Reasoning be substituted for?

-Picture Span

-Letter Number Sequencing

Which subtest(s) can Digit Span be substituted for?

-Symbol Search

-Cancellation

Which subtest(s) can Coding be substituted for?

-Information

-Comprehension

Which subtest(s) can Vocabulary be substituted for?

-Picture Completion

-Arithmetic

Which subtest(s) can Figure Weights be substituted for?

-Similarities

-Vocabulary

Which subtests make up the Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI)?

-Block Design

-Visual Puzzles

Which subtests make up the Visual Spatial Index (VSI)?

-Matrix Reasoning

-Figure Weights

Which subtests make up the Fluid Reasoning Index (FRI)?

-Digit Span

-Picture Span

Which subtests make up the Working Memory Index (WMI)?

-Coding

-Symbol Search

Which subtests make up the Processing Speed Index (PSI)?

-Figure Weights

-Arithmetic

Which subtests make up the Quantitative Reasoning Index (QRI)?

-Digit Span

-Letter Number Sequencing

Which subtests make up the Auditory Working Memory Index (AWMI)

-Block Design

-Visual Puzzles

-Matrix Reasoning

-Figure Weights

-Picture Span

-Coding

Which subtests make up the Nonverbal Index (NVI)?

-Similarities

-Vocabulary

-Block Design

-Matrix Reasoning

-Figure Weights

Which subtests make up the General Ability Index (GAI)?

-Digit Span

-Picture Span

-Coding

-Symbol Search

Which subtests make up the Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI)?

Complementary Index Scales

-Naming Speed Index (NSI)

-Symbol Translation Index (STI)

-Storage and Retrieval Index (SRI)

-Naming Speed Literacy

-Naming Speed Quantity

Which subtest(s) make up the Naming Speed Index (NSI)?

-Immediate Symbol Translation

-Delayed Symbol Translation

-Recognition Symbol Translation

Which subtest(s) make up the Symbol Translation (STI)?

-Naming Speed Index

-Symbol Translation Index

Which indexes make up the Storage and Retrieval Index (SRI)?

Index scores

Is the SRI derived from index or subtest scores?

Normative Sample

-2,200 children

-11 age groups

-Equal males and females in each group

-4 main geographic regions of english speaking children from 2013-2014

Population percent

What was each age group’s ethnicity breakdown in the normative sample based on?

Parental Education Level

The normative sample was stratified according to?

Symbol Search

Which subtest has the lowest reliability at .81?

Figure Weights

Which subtest has the highest reliability?

1.34 (SS) to .73 (FW)

What is the subtest SEM range?

Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI)

Which index has the highest test-retest reliability?

Picture Completion

Which subtest had the lowest test retest reliability at .71?

Vocabulary

Which subtest has the highest test retest reliability at .90?

-Mean = 10

-SD = 3

What is the mean and standard deviation of the scaled scores?

-Mean = 100

-SD = 15

What is the mean and standard deviation of the standard scores?

BDn

Scaled process score based on the child’s performance on Block Design without time-bonus points

NSco

Naming Speed Literary process score derived from Item 1 performance, and only for 6-year-olds

NSsco

Naming Speed Literacy process score derived from Item 2 performance available to children ages 6-8

NSIn

Naming Speed Literacy process score derived from Item 3 performance available to children ages 7-8.

-”You’re working hard”

-”I like the way you keep trying your best”

Praises

“That was a hard one, but this next one may be easier.”

What do you say if a child performs poorly on an an entire subtest and is clearly aware if it.

“Just try your best”

What do you say if the child says he or she cannot perform a task or answer a question?

“I want to see how well you can do it.”

What do you say if the child asks for help?

Temporarily suspend the subtest and administer the next one. Return when child appears to be more engaged and attained some degree of success in testing.

What do you do if a child refuses to respond to a particular subtest?

20-30 minutes

How long after the administration of Immediate Symbol Translation should Delayed Symbol Translation be administered?

1 week

How long is it preferred to administer the second session if the administration must be broken up?

Item 1

Where should children suspected of having an intellectual disability or low cognitive ability start?

Scoring children suspected of intellectual disability

Regardless of the child’s performance on items preceding the start point, full credit is awarded for preceding items if perfect scores are obtained on the age-appropriate start point and subsequent item.

Cumulative raw score after a set number of items have been administered

What is the discontinue criterion based on for Immediate Symbol Translation?

The same decision point as Immediate Symbol Translation

What is the discontinue criterion based on for Delayed Symbol Translation and Recognition Symbol Translation?

Do not award points for those items

What do you do if additional items were administered to ensure that a subtest was not discontinued prematurely?

0s on all trials within a single item

What is the discontinue criterion for DS and LNS?

Stop at the child’s particular age

What is the discontinue criterion for NSL and NSQ?

“Do you have an answer?”

What do you say if a child has no response after 30 seconds?

“Let’s try another one”

What do you say if the child does not respond?

Items 20-34 and pause the time.

Which items on AR are allowed repition?

2 consecutive scores of 0

What is the discontinue criterion for Block Design?

“Work as fast as you can”

What do you say if the child hesitates or seems to be playing with the blocks on BD?

Each one should have a different side facing up

How should the blocks be presented for Item 1 on BD?

Only one block should have a red/white side facing up

How should the blocks be presented for Items with 4 blocks on BD?

Only 2 blocks should have a red/white side facing up

How should the blocks be presented for items with 9 blocks on BD?

Approximately 7” from the child’s edge of the table and to the left if right handed and to the right if left handed

How should the Stimulus Book be placed in BD?

“Make yours over here”

What do you say when the child occasionally attempts to construct the design on top of the Stimulus Book?

“See it goes this way.”

How do you correct a rotation error in BD?

Within approximately 30 seconds

When do you say “do you have an answer?” during Matrix Reasoning?

“I can only say them one time. Just take your best guess”

What do you say if a child asks you to repeat a trial on Digit Span?

Place an extra response booklet to the right of the child’s response booklet so the extra key is aligned with the key in the child’s response booklet

What do you do if a left-handed child partially blocks the key with his or her left hand while completing the sample item during coding?

When there are 10 seconds left

When do you say “do you have an answer?” for Figure Weights?

“You do not have to choose them in order"

What do you say if the child asks if their response has to be provided in numerical order on Visual Puzzles?

After 20 seconds

When do you say “do you have an answer?” in Visual Puzzles?

3 consecutive scores of 0

What is the discontinue criteria for Picture Span?

3 seconds

How long do you expose the stimulus page for Sample A to Item 3 on picture span?

5 seconds

How long do you expose the stimulus page for Item B to Item 26 on picture span?

“Keep looking at this page. I’ll turn the page when it’s time.”

What do you say if the child tries to turn the stimulus page before exposure time expires?

“Remember the pictures in order, starting with this one.”

What do you say if it suggests that the child is memorizing the pictures in reverse order on Picture Span?

LPSs Raw Score

Number of pictures on the stimulus page for the last item assigned a perfect score

LPSr Raw Score

Number of pictures on the response page for the last item assigned a perfect score.

3 consecutive scores of 0

Discontinue criterion for Picture Concepts

Approximately 30 seconds

When do you say “do you have an answer?” in Picture Concepts?

45 seconds

Discontinue criterion for Cancellation