Token test for Children

[Voula Georgopoulos]

I was asked by students in my department who are conducting some research
with a colleague of mine to post the following:

We have some questions concerning the  "The Token Test for Children" by
Frank DiSimoni.  My apologies if this is not the forum for these questions.
Your help is greatly appreciated.

1. What is the basal ceiling of the test? How many wrong items (specific
number) do we count before we stop the test in Part 1 during its
administration?
2. Why did the author choose to design this test for a wide range of ages
(3.0-12.5)? The majority of commands are very difficult for 3.0-4.0 year-old
groups to cope with, while they are too easy for 11.0-12.5 year-old groups.
3. As far as the design of Part 5 is concerned:
o Is there a certain pattern on the design of the commands and their
arrangement in the test?
o Your suggestions about the syntax of the sentences and the variety of
their complexity.
4. Is anyone aware of any articles regarding the Token Test for Children and
especially its standardization in other countries and any information  on
the first version of the Token Test for aphasics by DeRenzi &Vignolo (1962)
in Italy (especially with respect to its standardization into English) .


We thank you in advance.


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Voula C. Georgopoulos, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Speech and Language Therapy
Technological Educational Institute of Patras.
Koukouli 26334
Patras Greece

tel. +30610319307
email: voulag at otenet.gr
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