So then did she pick the highest subtests to use in the FSIQ? It seems like this would unfairly bring up the IQ for kids who have psychs who do this...of course a child's full scale score will be higher if the poor scores are thrown out or not used. I was under the impression that they have to choose ahead of time which tests they are going to use in the scoring...so if a child has a known fine motor issue, the tester might decide to replace block design with something else, and never give them the block design test.
The neuropsych who did my DS6's testing did two substitutions because of a diagnosed fine motor issue. From what he told me as well as what I have read, there needs to be a diagnosis or reason to do it rather than just choosing to substitute to increase scores. Even though he did the substitutions, he did administer all the subtests -- even those that had fine motor components that in the end weren't used to calculate his IQ.
