Premium
Stanford‐Binet Fourth Edition: Useful for young children with language impairment?
Author(s) -
Vig Susan,
Jedrysek Eleanora
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199604)33:2<124::aid-pits5>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - stanford–binet intelligence scales , psychology , language impairment , developmental psychology , test (biology) , intelligence quotient , clinical psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , cognition , medicine , paleontology , biology
This descriptive study was based on retrospective review of clinical records and test data for 103 children, 4 and 5 years of age, who were seen for multidisciplinary evaluation of developmental problems and tested with the Stanford‐Binet Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition. The sample included 52 children with a primary diagnosis of language impairment, 25 children with a secondary diagnosis of language impairment, and 26 children with other disabilities. Verbal Reasoning area scores were higher than, or not significantly different from, Abstract/Visual Reasoning scores for over half of the children with language impairment. Results suggested need for caution in using area score differences or subtest strengths or weaknesses to support a diagnosis of language impairment for this age group. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.