K‐ABC sequential‐simultaneous processing and language‐impaired preschoolers

Predictive validity of the K-ABC for exceptional preschoolers

“…For children with learning disabilities, there continues to be some controversy regarding the comparability of test scores. There is evidence that the K-ABC may provide somewhat optimistic estimates of cognitive skills (Ricciardi et al, 1991) and poor prediction of long-term achievement for languageimpaired preschoolers at risk for learning problems. Practitioners should be aware of this possibility when examining young children suspected of language impairment.…”

“…In one of the few studies exploring the usefulness of the K-ABC for identifying preschoolers at risk for later learning problems, Ricciardi et al (1991) compared performance of exceptional preschoolers on the K-ABC and McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA;McCarthy, 1972). They found that controls and children with behavior problems obtained similar results on the two tests.…”

“…In exceptional populations, the more traditional intelligence tests tend to yield lower estimates of cognitive skills than does the K-ABC (e.g., Heath & Obrzut, 1988; Ricciardi et al, 1991). Heath and Obrzut's (1988) study of school-age learning-disabled children suggests that the WISC-R more accurately predicts achievement than does the K-ABC for this older population.…”

Human neuropsychology in Canada: The 1990s (a review of research by Canadian neuropsychologists conducted over the past decade).

“…Douglas Shore has collaborated on the examination of the consequences of severe closed-head injury on vocational functioning (Paniak, Shore, Rourke, Finlayson, & Moustacalis, 1992), and in normative data collection for the Design Fluency Test (Carter, Shore, Harnadek, & Kubu, 1998). Sylvia Voelker has worked with Shore on the use of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children to identify children with language impairments (Ricciardi, Voelker, Carter, & Shore, 1991), and on studies of adaptive behaviour skills both in children with multiple disabilities (Voelker, Shore, Hakim-Larson, & Bruner, 1997), and in adults with mental retardation (Voelker et al, 1990).…”