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Psychometric measures

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Psychometric measures
Common psychometric measures used in the developmental and neuropsychaological assessment of children based on the domains they assess.

General Cognitive Ability

  • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V)
  • Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5)
  • Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II)
  • Differential Ability Scales (DAS-II)
  • Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-IV COG)
  • Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS-2)
  • Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)
  • Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT-2)

Academic Achievement

  • Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV ACH)
  • Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-4)
  • Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (KTEA-3)
  • Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT)
  • Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-5)

Executive Function

  • Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF-2)
  • Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
  • Tower of London (TOL)
  • Stroop Color and Word Test
  • Comprehensive Executive Function Inventory (CEFI)
  • Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)
  • NEPSY-II: Inhibition Subtest

Memory

  • Children’s Memory Scale (CMS)
  • Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-IV, for older children)
  • Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT)
  • California Verbal Learning Test for Children (CVLT-C)
  • Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML-3)

Attention

  • Conners Continuous Performance Test (CPT-3)
  • Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA)
  • Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale (ADDES)
  • Brown ADD Scales
  • NEPSY-II: Auditory Attention and Response Set Subtest

Language

  • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF-5)
  • Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-5)
  • Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT-3)
  • Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP-2)
  • Test of Pragmatic Language (TOPL-2)

Social-Emotional and Behavioral Functioning

  • Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC-3)
  • Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
  • Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA)
  • Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2)
  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
  • Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales

Visual-Motor Integration and Spatial Skills

  • Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI)
  • Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP-3)
  • Motor-Free Visual Perception Test (MVPT-4)
  • Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test

Adaptive Behavior

  • Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Vineland-3)
  • Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-3)
  • Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised (SIB-R)

Emotional and Psychological Functioning

  • Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI-2)
  • Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC-2)
  • Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)
  • Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)
  • Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)

Motor Skills

  • Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT-2)
  • Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS-2)

Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2)
  • Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R)
  • Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS-3)
  • Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)

Sensory Processing

  • Sensory Profile (SP-2)
  • Sensory Processing Measure (SPM)
  • Test of Sensory Functions in Infants (TSFI)

Intelligence and Developmental Scales for Younger Children

  • Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-4)
  • Mullen Scales of Early Learning
  • Griffiths Scales of Child Development

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  • Gilliam Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (GADHD)
  • Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment (NEPSY-II)
  • Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-3)

Quality of Life

  • Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)
  • Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ)

Specific Assessments

  • Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE-2)
  • Rapid Automatized Naming and Rapid Alternating Stimulus Tests (RAN/RAS)
  • Children’s Handwriting Evaluation Scale (CHES)