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i'm wondering- how accurate are these tests (SB &Weschler?) (spelling) for kids with autism?
They are not necessarily accurate, especially if the person's language skills are heavily affected. Sometimes the Raven IQ test is given as a way to bypass that problem.
Bingo. My DS then 7, ADHD-combined, possibly spectrum, with a language processing disorder, bombed the Weschler (as in, the kid who could play chess at 6 and was doing fractions and negative numbers in grade one and who was starting to read at 3 etc etc etc, tested from "solidly average" to "well below average").
The psychologist was mystified, said several times "this isn't right" and "take it with a grain of salt" and "test him again in two years."
She wrote in the report that "due to his difficulty with sustained attention" and "language processing difficulties" that the results were "not reflective of his actual cognitive ability."
(sheesh. can we have our money back?)
She said that for each 2 hour session she could only get about 45 minutes of attention from him, and that basically everything was kind of suppressed. "He was really difficult to test."
Do I regret it? yes/no/maybe so ...I think I do regret it, especially since the school is after me for more testing (he's never had an ADOS, for example).
Anyway, are tests accurate? Sometimes, sometimes not.
