IQ testing

: Can someone how they do IQ testing on a kid who can barely read and
: write?IQ tests are usally given one-on-one and require no written responce. The child is asked a question and the responce is written down by the tester. It does not require a child to read or write.Helen

: Can someone how they do IQ testing on a kid who can barely read and
: write? I am just wondering how they do it and if the results are
: accurate. I would appreciate any information on what people think
: about giving IQ tests to kids who are struggling in school and how
: accurate you think they are. Thanks >>IQ testing doesn’t require any reading or writing. The tester asks the child questions, and they answer verbally, or, on the performance portion, the child is asked to look at pictures and do certain things, or, like the block assembly portion, look at the picture, and try to duplicate it with blocks. The only part that requires the child to make anything on paper with a pencil is coding (I think), where they have to duplicate series of lines—I’m actually not positive about this one, but I think that’s how it works. Both my daughters have had IQ test. Bot were accurate, as far as I could see—their strengths and weaknesses seemed to match what I observed. But there is no reading or writing required on the Wechsler IQ test.

: IQ should really be independent of the ability to read and write. IQs tests can be given to children too young to read or write.As to how accurate IQ tests ever are, that’s a question that has been hotly debated. I think of IQ tests are providing a possible guideline. There are so many variables associated with the writng and administration of an IQ test that it can safely be argued there’s a lot of room for error in them.My best guess would be that many children who struggle in school don’t struggle because they’re not bright enough to learn but are struggling because their learning style is not the teacher’s or the school’s teaching style.Can someone how they do IQ testing on a kid who can barely read and
: write? I am just wondering how they do it and if the results are
: accurate. I would appreciate any information on what people think
: about giving IQ tests to kids who are struggling in school and how
: accurate you think they are. Thanks

I don’t think they are accurate quite often. Why else would the same child have different ones different times. My son had one at 3 and it was 125, had one about 6 months ago and it was 84, which I know is not accurate at all. He’s very smart but having trouble in school with letters and numbers and reading. I would take it with a grain of salt and if you don’t think it’s accurate, it’s probably not. It also is affected by how well they are paying attention that day, if they have ADD or other LD’s. I had a witch psych tell me he was maybe marginally retarded. Anybody who knows him would laugh at that.