This document summarizes psychological assessment methods used to evaluate children. It describes qualitative analysis including behavioral observations and quantitative analysis using intelligence test batteries and individual tests. Several intelligence tests are described, including the WISC, BKT, CPM, and Bhatia's Battery, along with their age groups, functions assessed, administration times, and advantages/disadvantages. Specific sub-tests of the WISC are listed. Individual tests like the Seguin Form Board Test and Vineland Social Maturity Scale are also outlined. Factors that can hinder psychological assessment are noted.

1. EKTHA JAIN
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY
MGMCI

3. ASSESSMENT & ANALYSIS
1
• CASE HISTORY
2
• QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
3
• QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

4. DETAILED CASE HISTORY
PRENATAL BIRTH DEVELOPMENTAL
MILESTONES

5. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
• BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION
• BODY LANGUAGE
• SPEECH
• RAPPORT ESTABLISHMENT
• ADJUSTMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
• INTERACTION OBSERVED BETWEEN THE
CHILD AND THE PARENT
• EYE CONTACT
• ATTENTION

6. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
ASSESSMENTS
INTELLIGENCE
TEST BATTERIES
INDIVIDUAL TESTS
AND SCALES

7. TEST BATTERIES
• WESCHLER’S INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR
CHILDREN (WISC)
• STANDFORD-BINET IQ TEST
• BINET-KAMAT TEST OF INTELLIGENCE
(BKT)
• KAUFFMAN ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR
CHILDREN (K-ABC)
• BHATIA’S BATTERY OF PERFORMANCE
INTELLIGENCE TEST
• STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES (SPM)

8. NAME OF
THE TEST
AGE
GROUP
FUNCTIONS TIME
TAKEN
ADVANTAGES/
DISADVANTAGES
WISC &
Adaptation -
Malin
6-16
5-15
•Verbal comprehension,
•Visuo-spatial
• Fluid reasoning
•Working memory
•Processing speed
45-65
Minutes
• Equal importance
given to Verbal
and Performance
• Technical in
administration
BKT 3-22 • Language
• Memory
•Social intelligence
•Conceptual thinking
•Reasoning
•Visuo-motor
40-60
Minutes
•Applicable to all age
groups for children
•Importance given to
verbal than to
performance
CPM
SPM/RPM
5-11
8-65
•Abstract reasoning
•Non-verbal reasoning
30-45
Minutes
• Child with speech
issues can also do the
test. Applicable for all
age groups
BHATIA’S 11-60 •Working memory
•Non-verbal reasoning
•Conceptual thinking
•Processing speed
35-45
minutes
•Applicable for
Illiterate. Free of
language barriers
•Only performance
battery

9. SUB-TESTS IN WISC
SIMILARITIES PICTURE CONCEPTS
VOCABULARY CODING
COMPREHENSION LETTER-NUMBER SEQ
(INFORMATION) MATRIX REASONING
BLOCK DESIGN SYMBOL SEARCH
DIGIT SPAN (PICTURE COMPLETION)
(CANCELLATION) (WORD REASONING)
(ARITHMETIC)

10. Individual tests and scales
Name of the
test
Age group Functions Time
taken
Advantages/
Disadvantages
Seguin Form
board test
3 to 15
years
• Speed and
accuracy
• Activity level
10 seconds
– 1 minute
•Easy task
•Limited to Eye-
hand co-ordination
Vineland Social
Maturity scale
1 to 18 years • Social maturity
• Adaptation to
environment
10 minutes • Growth of Daily
tasks measured
•Not culture specific
Developmental
psychopathology
checklist for
children
1-15 years •Social contact
•Fine motor
•Language
•Gross-motor
10 minutes •Detectes severe
developmental
problems
•IQ cannot be
achieved
quantitatively

12. CALCULATION OF IQ

17. FACTORS THAT HINDER ASSESSMENT
• COMPREHENSION CAPACITY OF THE CHILD
• MOTIVATION OF THE CHILD
• PARENT’S MOTIVATION TO ASSESS THE
CHILD
• ATTENTION LEVEL OF THE CHILD
• ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRACTIONS
• TIMINGS WHEN THE TESTS ARE
ADMINISTERED