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Taking age into account in testing young children #236188 01/28/17 02:34 AM
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OP LazyMum Member L Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 132	Hi folks, DD is only 3 (almost 4) and we have no plans to test her at this stage, but I was wondering how testers take age into account when testing young children. E.g., there's a big different between 4 and 1 month, 4 and 6 months, 4 and 11 months, but all these kids are still 4yo. Do they work that into the equation? They must, right? Cheers, Luce

Re: Taking age into account in testing young children LazyMum #236189 01/28/17 07:34 AM
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frannieandejsmom Member F Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 833 somewhere out there	Im not an expert but I think the tests are normed for every 3 months.

Re: Taking age into account in testing young children LazyMum #236190 01/28/17 08:37 AM
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OP LazyMum Member L Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 132	Cool. Thanks frannieandejsmom

Re: Taking age into account in testing young children LazyMum #236191 01/28/17 08:56 AM
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aeh Member A Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 4,082 Likes: 8	That is correct. And if you have a premature birth, one is supposed to use the adjusted age (based on gestational age) up until age 3. Last edited by aeh; 01/28/17 08:57 AM. ...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...

Re: Taking age into account in testing young children LazyMum #236192 01/28/17 11:20 AM
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OP LazyMum Member L Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 132	Thanks aeh!

Re: Taking age into account in testing young children LazyMum #236430 02/07/17 02:55 PM
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Arrw09 Junior Member A Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 35	Our neuropsych said the test she used has a narrow range of comparison - w/in 3 mos.

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