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Specificlearningdisabilitiesanddifficultiesinchildrenandadolescents Psychologicalassessmentandevaluation Theassessmentofspecificlearningdisabilitiesanddisorders(SLD)haslongbeencontroversial. Definitions,diagnosis,andtreatmentshavebeenvigorouslydebatedfordecades,withtheuseof IQtestsattractingparticularcontroversy.However,inrecenttimestherehavebeenmanyother newassessmenttools devisedfor measuringintelligenceand neuropsychologicalfunctioning, extendingwellbeyondthescopeofWechsler’sscales.Inthiscutting-edgesurvey,aninterna- tionalteamofleadersinthefieldexaminestheavailablemethods.Manyofthecontributorsare themselvesthedevelopersofthemostrecentassessmenttests. The authors of each chapter evaluate the diversity of clinical applications of these new instrumentsinSLD,andtheirimportantimplicationsforeducationalintervention.Thehistorical contextandtheunderlyingneuropsychologicalandcognitivetheoryarealsoexpertlyexamined. Thisbookwillbeessentialreadingforanypractitionerortraineedealingwithspecificlearning issuesinyoungpeople. AlanandNadeenKaufmanarebasedattheYaleUniversitySchoolofMedicineandtogether havedevelopedandpublishedeighttestsofintelligence,achievement,andneuropsychological functioning, including the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT), the Kaufman Test of EducationalAchievement(K-TEA), and the Kaufman Adolescent and Adult IntelligenceTest (KAIT).Theyareworld-renownedauthoritiesintheareaofneuropsychologicalandcognitive assessmentforspecificlearningdisabilitiesanddisorders. CambridgeChildandAdolescentPsychiatry Childandadolescentpsychiatryisanimportantandgrowingareaofclinicalpsychiatry.Thelastdecade hasseenarapidexpansionofscientificknowledgeinthisfieldandhasprovidedanewunderstandingof theunderlyingpathologyofmentaldisordersintheseagegroups.Thisseriesisaimedatpractitioners and researchers both in child and adolescent mental health services and developmental and clinical neuroscience.Focusingonpsychopathology,ithighlightsthosetopicswherethegrowthofknowledge has had the greatest impact on clinical practiceand on the treatment and understandingof mental illness. Individual volumes benefit both from the international expertise of their contributors and a coherencegeneratedthroughauniformstyleandstructurefortheseries.Eachvolumeprovidesfirstly anhistoricaloverviewandacleardescriptiveaccountofthepsychopathologyofaspecificdisorderor group of related disorders. These featuresthen form the basis for a thoroughcritical review of the etiology,naturalhistory,management,preventionandimpactonlateradultadjustment.Whilsteach volumeisthereforecompleteinitsownright,volumesalsorelatetoeachothertocreateaflexibleand collectableseriesthatshouldappealtostudentsaswellasexperiencedscientistsandpractitioners. Editorialboard Serieseditor ProfessorIanM.Goodyer UniversityofCambridge Associateeditors ProfessorDonald J.Cohen DrRobertN.Goodman YaleChildStudyCenter InstituteofPsychiatry,London ProfessorBarryNurcombe ProfessorDrHelmutRemschmidt TheUniversityofQueensland KlinikumderPhilipps-Universita¨t,Germany ProfessorDrHermanvanEngeland DrFredR.Volkmar AcademischZiekenhuisUtrecht YaleChildStudyCenter Alreadypublishedinthisseries: PsychotherapywithChildrenandAdolescentseditedbyHelmutRemschmidt0521775582pb TheDepressedChildandAdolescentsecondeditioneditedbyIanM.Goodyer0521794269pb SchizophreniainChildrenandAdolescentseditedbyHelmutRemschmidt0521794285pb AnxietyDisordersinChildrenandAdolescents:Research,AssessmentandInterventioneditedbyWendy SilvermanandPhilipTreffers0521789664pb Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence edited by Jonathan Hill and Barbara Maughan 0521786398pb AutismandPervasiveDevelopmentalDisorderseditedbyFredR.Volkmar0521553865hb CognitiveBehaviourTherapyforChildrenandFamilieseditedbyPhilipGraham0521572525hb 0521576261pb HyperactivityDisordersofChildhoodeditedbySeijaSandberg0521432502hb Specific learning disabilities and difficulties in children and adolescents Psychological assessment and evaluation Editedby Alan S. Kaufman and Nadeen L. Kaufman publishedbythepresssyndicateoftheuniversityofcambridge ThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridgeuniversitypress TheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB22RU,UK 40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA 10StamfordRoad,Oakleigh,vic3166,Australia RuizdoAlarco´n13,28014Madrid,Spain DockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfrica http://www.cambridge.org ©CambridgeUniversityPress2001 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2001 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge TypefaceDanteMT11/14pt SystemPoltype®[vn] AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata Specificlearningdisabilitiesanddifficultiesinchildrenandadolescents/editedbyAlanS.Kaufman andNadeenL.Kaufman. p. cm.–(Cambridgechildandadolescentpsychiatry) Includesindex. ISBN0521658403(pb) 1.Learningdisabilities–Treatment. 2.Learningdisabledchildren. I.Kaufman,AlanS.,1944– II.Kaufman,NadeenL. III.Cambridgechildandadolescentpsychiatryseries RJ506.L4S6442001 618.92'85889–dc21 00-064187 ISBN0521658403paperback Everyefforthasbeenmadeinpreparingthisbooktoprovideaccurateandup-to-dateinformationwhichisin accordwithacceptedstandardsandpracticeatthetimeofpublication.Nevertheless,theauthors,editorsand publishercanmakenowarrantiesthattheinformationcontainedhereinistotallyfreefromerror,notleast becauseclinicalstandardsareconstantlychangingthroughresearchandregulation.Theauthors,editorsand publisherthereforedisclaimallliabilityfordirectorconsequentialdamagesresultingfromtheuseofmaterial containedinthisbook.Readersarestronglyadvisedtopaycarefulattentiontoinformationprovidedbythe manufacturerofanydrugsorequipmentthattheyplantouse. ToBlancheKaufman, OUR MOTHER Shelovedus,andshelistened. Hearourloveandgratitude, Forwearelonelywithoutyou. MMMM Contents Listofcontributors ix Preface xiii PartI HistoryandTradition 1 1 Historylessons 3 MargaretJoShepherd 2 TheWechslerintelligencescales 29 GaryGroth-Marnat PartII AlternativeCognitiveApproachestoLearningDisabilities Assessmentand Remediation 53 3 ApplicationoftheWoodcock–JohnsonTestsofCognitive Ability–Revisedtothediagnosisoflearningdisabilities 55 NancyMatherandRichardW.Woodcock 4 TheKaufmantests–K-ABCandKAIT 97 ElizabethO.Lichtenberger 5 UsingtheCognitiveAssessmentSystem(CAS)withlearning-disabled children 141 JackA.Naglieri 6 ApplicationoftheDifferentialAbilityScales(DAS)andBritishAbility Scales,SecondEdition(BASII),fortheassessmentoflearningdisabilities 178 ColinD.Elliott 7 Isdynamicassessmentcompatiblewiththepsychometricmodel? 218 ReuvenFeuersteinandRaphaelS.Feuerstein 8 Multi-perspective,clinical–educationalassessmentsoflanguage disorders 247 ElisabethH.Wiig vii viii Contents PartIII NeuropsychologicalApproachestoLearningDisabilities AssessmentandRemediation 281 9 Learningdisabilitiesandtheirneurologicalfoundations,theories, andsubtypes 283 OtfriedSpreen 10 TheHalstead–ReitanNeuropsychologicalTestBattery:research findingsandclinicalapplication 309 RalphM.ReitanandDeborahWolfson 11 Developmentalassessmentofneuropsychologicalfunctionwiththe aidoftheNEPSY 347 MaritKorkman,SarahL.Kemp,andUrsulaKirk 12 Clinicalneuropsychologicalassessmentofchildandadolescent memorywiththeWRAML,TOMAL,andCVLT–C 387 ErinD.BiglerandWayneV.Adams PartIV IntegrationandSummation 431 13 Assessmentofspecificlearningdisabilitiesinthenewmillennium: issues,conflicts,andcontroversies 433 AlanS.KaufmanandNadeenL.Kaufman Index 463 Contributors WayneV.Adams ReuvenFeuerstein ProfessorofPsychology InternationalCenterfortheEnhancementof GraduateSchoolofClinicalPsychology LearningPotential GeorgeFoxUniversity POBox7755 414NorthMeridianStreet 47NarkisStreet Newberg Jerusalem91077 Oregon97132 Israel USA E-mail:[email protected] E-mail:[email protected] GaryGroth-Marnat ErinD.Bigler SeniorLecturerinClinicalHealth ProfessorandChair Psychology DepartmentofPsychology SchoolofPsychology BrighamYoungUniversity CurtinUniversity 1082KimballTower GPOBoxU1987 Provo Perth Utah84602 WesternAustralia6001 USA Australia E-mail:erin–[email protected] E-mail: [email protected] ColinD.Elliott 860FowlerAvenue AlanS.Kaufman NewburyPark ClinicalProfessorofPsychology California91320 YaleChildStudyCenter USA YaleUniversitySchoolofMedicine E-mail:[email protected] POBox207900 230SouthFrontageRoad RaphaelS.Feuerstein NewHaven InternationalCenterfortheEnhancementof Connecticut06520-7900 LearningPotential USA POBox7755 E-mail:[email protected] 47NarkisStreet Jerusalem91077 Israel E-mail:[email protected] ix x Listofcontributors NadeenL.Kaufman NancyMather Lecturer,ClinicalFaculty AssociateProfessor YaleChildStudyCenter CollegeofEducation–409 YaleUniversitySchoolofMedicine DepartmentofSpecialEducationand POBox207900 Rehabilitation 230SouthFrontageRoad UniversityofArizona NewHaven Tucson Connecticut06520-7900 Arizona85721 USA USA E-mail:[email protected] E-mail:[email protected] SarahL.Kemp JackA.Naglieri 1802S.CheyenneDrive Director Tulsa CenterforCognitiveDevelopment Oklahoma74119 GeorgeMasonUniversity USA 4400UniversityDrive E-mail:[email protected] Fairfax Virginia22030 UrsulaKirk USA Apt.27B,222E.93rdStreet E-mail:[email protected] NewYork NewYork10128-3759 RalphM.Reitan USA ReitanNeuropsychologyLaboratory E-mail:[email protected] 2920S.4thAvenue SouthTucson MaritKorkman Arizona85713-4819 ProfessorofChildNeuropsychology USA TheHospitalforChildrenandAdolescents E-mail:[email protected] HelsinkiandUusimaaHospitalDistrict Helsinki MargaretJoShepherd Finland 454W.46thStreet E-mail:[email protected] Apt.4C-S NewYork ElizabethO.Lichtenberger NewYork10036 SalkInstituteofBiologicalStudies USA 6740TeaTreeStreet E-mail:[email protected] Carlsbad California92009 USA E-mail:[email protected]
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