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WISC‐R performance of children referred to a university center for learning disabilities
Author(s) -
Strichart Stephen S.,
Love Elaine
Publication year - 1979
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 - 10.1002/1520-6807(197904)16:2<183::aid-pits2310160205>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - psychology , learning disability , learning disabled , developmental psychology , intelligence quotient , cognition , center (category theory) , perception , wechsler intelligence scale for children , psychiatry , neuroscience , chemistry , crystallography
This study compared the WISC‐R performance of 40 children ranging in age from 6–6 to 15–10, referred to a university center for suspected learning disabilities, with that of two clinically defined groups of learning disabled children. The university center children were found to have WISC‐R profiles similar to those of the learning disabled children, with higher overall levels of performance. It was speculated that these children avoid classification as learning disabled by virtue of possessing higher cognitive abilities than those children who are classified. Implications were raised concerning the role of university centers with children experiencing learning difficulties and the accuracy of parental perceptions of learning disabilities.