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KABC-II

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Uses of KABC-II

Yields two general intelligence composite scores

KABC-II Test Scores

  • Mental Processing Index

(MPI; Luria’s model)

  • Fluid-Crystallised Index

(FCI; CHC model)

  • Helps to identify an individual’s strengths and weaknesses in cognitive ability and mental processing
  • Can facilitate clinical and educational planning, treatment planning, and placement decisions.
  • Can be improved when combined with other tools
  • Test scores give an estimate of the level a child is functioning at based on a combination of many different subtests or measures of skills.

  • A trained psychologist evaluates and interprets test results, determines strengths and weaknesses, and makes overall recommendations based on the findings and the behavioral observations.

Knowledge

(5th scale)

Developed by

S. Kaufman &

Nadeen L. Kaufman

CHC Model Only

  • 1983 and revised in 2004
  • Special attention given to certain emerging testing needs
  • handicapped groups
  • problems of learning disabilities
  • appropriateness for cultural and linguistic minorities.

KABC-II

  • Riddles
  • Expressive Vocabulary
  • Verbal Knowledge

Authors Caution:

Learning/Long Term

Storage and Retrieval

(4th Scale)

Interpretation of Scores

  • Success in meeting these special needs must be judged through practical use over time.
  • The KABC should not be regarded as "the complete test battery"; It should be supplemented by other tests.

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

Psychological diagnostic test for assessing cognitive development in children 3-18 years old

  • Atlantis
  • Atlantis Delayed
  • Rebus
  • Rebus Delayed
  • For this test a score of 100 is in the average or normal range.
  • Global scales on KABC have a standard deviation of 15. Standard deviation indicates how far above or below the norm a child's score is.
  • Example: a score of 85 is one standard deviation below the norm score of 100.

Test Format

4-5 scales

18 subtests (2 types): Supplementary & Core

Before: Examiner decides which model to follow: Luria or CHC.

The subtests are grouped into 4 or 5 scales depending on age & model chosen.

Benefits

Luria's Model

25-60 mins

KABC-II

(2004)

Simultaneous/Visual Processing

(1st scale)

CHC Model

30-75 mins

4 scales

  • Sequential Processing Scale
  • Simultaneous Processing Scale
  • Learning Ability
  • Planning Ability

Planning/

Fluid Reasoning

(3rd Scale)

  • Dual theoretical foundation: Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) psychometric model of broad and narrow abilities & Luria’s neuropsychological theory of processing.
  • Examiner can choose which theoretical model to follow.
  • Cattell-Horn-Carroll model is useful for children from a mainstream cultural and language background.
  • If crystallized ability would not be a fair indicator of the child’s cognitive ability, examiners may choose the Luria model which excludes verbal ability.

5 scales

  • Short Term Memory
  • Visual Processing
  • Long Term Storage Retrieval
  • Fluid Reasoning
  • Crystallised Ability
  • Flexibility lets you assess mental ability in ways best suited to the child's linguistic and cultural background.

  • Has smaller than average score differences than typical between White and African American ethnic groups (making it particularly useful when assessing children of different ethnicities).
  • Triangles
  • Face Recognition
  • Block Counting
  • Conceptual Thinking
  • Rover
  • Gestalt Closure
  • Pattern Reasoning

(ages 5 and 6)

  • Story Completion

(ages 5 and 6)

  • Pattern Reasoning (Ages 7-18)
  • Story Completion (Ages 7-18)

Sequential/

Short Term Memory

(2nd Scale)

References

  • Word Order
  • Number Recall
  • Hand Movements

KABC-II

Brittany Miller

SGC 630

http://www.minddisorders.com/Kau-Nu/Kaufman-Assessment-Battery-for-Children.html

http://www.wpspublish.com/store/p/2828/kaufman-assessment-battery-for-children-second-edition-kabc-ii