1. Testing in Children

2. Some Principles of Child Assessment
Children are not little, stupid adults
Developmental level must always be considered when interpreting tests
The child’s behavior is determined in part by all of the systems in which s/he is a part
When working with children, you have multiple clients
It is important to maintain and balance rapport and control when testing

3. Types of Testing Cognitive/Intelligence Achievement Adaptive behavior
Behavioral ratings/ psychopathology
Projectives

4. Cognitive/Intelligence Tests
Measures of potential ability
WISC-III/WPPSI
Stanford-Binet

5. Achievement Tests Achievement: what a child has acquired
Important in determining LD
Group tests
Individual test
WRAT
Woodcock-Johnson

6. Adaptive Behavior Necessary for the diagnosis of mental retardation
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

7. Behavior ratings/ psychopathology
Conner’s Rating Scales
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL: Achenbach)
Personality Inventory for Children

8. Projectives Rorschach TAT and CAT Drawings Bender-Gestalt
Draw-A-Person
Kinetic Family Drawing
House-Tree-Person
Bender-Gestalt
Make A Picture Story (MAPS)