Leiter R vs WPPSI with 3- and 4-year-olds

[Alcock, Katie]

Do you actually need a non-verbal IQ score, or do you just need some
form of non-verbal ability test, which you could use to match children
(of the same age) or co-vary against a verbal score (again with the same
age group), or even from which you could obtain a standard score for
every child (regardless of age)?

 

Because if you want to do one of those things (rather than actually
obtain an IQ score) you can just use a subtest of the WPPSI, or of the
BAS (we usually use Block Design from the BAS). You can still compare
children and obtain a standard score on that one test.

 

Katie

 

From: info-childes at googlegroups.com
[mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kirsten Abbot-Smith
Sent: 13 August 2011 10:36
To: info-childes at googlegroups.com
Subject: Leiter R vs WPPSI with 3- and 4-year-olds

 

Hi everybody,
I need to assess non-verbal IQ for an intervention study with 3- and
4-year-olds with language and communication disorders. I therefore will
have to fork out a considerable amount of money for a test. I am
currently tossing up between the Leiter R (which claims to be the only
truly non-verbal test) and the Wechsler Pre-school and Primary Scale of
Intelligence (which seems to be more widely used).

Does anyone have any experience comparing the advantages and
disadvantages of using these two tests with this age group? I am quite
wary of using lengthy and boring tests with a group which are not
exactly known for their ability to maintain sustained attention and / or
understand verbal instructions! 

Many thanks in advance,
Kirsten

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