Neuropsychology Assessment help (cross-post)

[All4one]

Can someone explain some abbreviations on a neuropsych exam for me? Ds had psychoeducational testing and I'm having trouble reading the report. DH may have forgotten to give me some pages with an explanation.

What do VS, S, HA, A, LA, B, and I stand for? What is a scaled score, a Z score, and a T score?

He took the WISC-IV and the WJ-III if that is helpful.

Thanks!

[PeterPan]

They're probably for subtests.  What are they written under?  Google that test name plus subtests.

 

Z score and T score are statistics terms.  You can google them.  What you care about is the standard score.  Standard score converts the raw or scaled score to how it compares to 100.  This allows them to consider discrepancies.  For instance, an IQ of 120 and a standard score of 80 would be a significant discrepancy.  A scaled score is used to correct between versions of the test (my googlefu).  Standard scores are what you want to be looking at.  That and what the standard deviation is.  1.5 to 2 SDs (Standard Deviations) is considered significant.  So if the standard score is 100 and your dc scores 78, that's more than 2 SD and thus significant.

 

Your dh forgot to give you pages???  LOL  Psychs usually give you several copies, stapled.  But you're right, once you have a complete copy, go ahead and scan them so you don't lose pages.  So he went to the meeting with the psych and not you?  Maybe you can schedule an appt later to get your questions answered...

Edited March 1, 2016 by OhElizabeth

[All4one]

 

Your dh forgot to give you pages??? LOL Psychs usually give you several copies, stapled. But you're right, once you have a complete copy, go ahead and scan them so you don't lose pages. So he went to the meeting with the psych and not you? Maybe you can schedule an appt later to get your questions answered...

I asked dh today and he said he gave me all the papers he received but the dr verbally explained everything. I was present at the first meeting but dh took ds to the testing since it was over 2 days and several hours each. The eval was given to dh a few weeks (?) later. The dr just walked it over to dh since their offices are close to each other.

[All4one]

I just read over the entire 14-page report from my son's neuropsych evaluation, and I don't see those abbreviations anywhere. He had both the WISC-4 and the WJ-3 tests, too. I have no clue what those could mean.

At the top of each page is the same summary. I have rows labeled: standard score, percentile, scaled score, z score, and t score. The columns are labeled with the abbreviations I listed in the first post. They give a range except vs which has a number. ???

[PeterPan]

Each psych writes reports a little differently.  Some will give only the noteworthy scores.  Some will include the entire printout.  The WJIII in particular has a very swanky printout they can do.  Some tests can generate graphs of the data.  So it will be different with each psych and how they present the data.  

 

Look for the name of the test.  That should be on there, lol.  Yes, standard score is what you're *most* interested in.  That allows you to consider what was expected and where there's a discrepancy.  Look for what it says is 1 standard deviation.  Typically it will be 10 or 15.  That allows you to see how significantly different from the norm your dc's score is in an area.

 

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