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Have 3 year old and test results...Please help me understand them. Scores posted.
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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 417253" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>I agree that assessment should for the most part be based on identified concerns about the child's behavior or performance.</p><p></p><p>Generally when you are reporting test scores it is best to report standard scores if it was a normed test. That is what tells you how your child did in comparison to the group of children who were used to determine the standards applied in the test. Most tests have a SS of 100 as the mean with a standard deviation of 10 or 15 pts. Some have a SS of 50 and the standard deviation is usually 5 but can vary according to the test instrument. If you are reporting results of a test that is not commonly known you should indicate what the mean and standard deviation are if they are different from these ranges.</p><p></p><p>The M-CHAT is a screening tool and it has a high false positive rate because it was deemed to be better to make mistakes and identify too many children for autism evaluation than to miss them. Even if the behaviors you are seeing at home are consistent with a possible high functioning autism diagnosis (since a more severe one would almost certainly not be in doubt in a 3 yo) there are other possibilities to be considered when it comes to language processing/perception problems.</p><p></p><p>What did the clinician at USF who did the testing tell you when you met to go over the results?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 417253, member: 7948"] I agree that assessment should for the most part be based on identified concerns about the child's behavior or performance. Generally when you are reporting test scores it is best to report standard scores if it was a normed test. That is what tells you how your child did in comparison to the group of children who were used to determine the standards applied in the test. Most tests have a SS of 100 as the mean with a standard deviation of 10 or 15 pts. Some have a SS of 50 and the standard deviation is usually 5 but can vary according to the test instrument. If you are reporting results of a test that is not commonly known you should indicate what the mean and standard deviation are if they are different from these ranges. The M-CHAT is a screening tool and it has a high false positive rate because it was deemed to be better to make mistakes and identify too many children for autism evaluation than to miss them. Even if the behaviors you are seeing at home are consistent with a possible high functioning autism diagnosis (since a more severe one would almost certainly not be in doubt in a 3 yo) there are other possibilities to be considered when it comes to language processing/perception problems. What did the clinician at USF who did the testing tell you when you met to go over the results? [/QUOTE]
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