TY - JOUR
T1 - WISC-IV and WIAT-II profiles in children with high-functioning autism
AU - Mayes, Susan Dickerson
AU - Calhoun, Susan L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was made possible in part by the Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation, Whitaker Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Wells Foundation, Oxford Foundation, Children’s Miracle Network, and Penn State Children, Youth, and Families Consortium. The data and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Children with high-functioning autism earned above normal scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) Perceptual Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension Indexes and below normal scores on the Working Memory and Processing Speed Indexes and Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Second Edition (WIAT-II) Written Expression. Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) and reading and math scores were similar to the norm. Profiles were consistent with previous WISC-III research, except that the new WISC-IV motor-free visual reasoning subtests (Matrix Reasoning and Picture Concepts) were the highest of the nonverbal subtests. The WISC-IV may be an improvement over the WISC-III for children with high-functioning autism because it captures their visual reasoning strength, while identifying their attention, graphomotor, and processing speed weaknesses. FSIQ was the best single predictor of academic achievement.
AB - Children with high-functioning autism earned above normal scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) Perceptual Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension Indexes and below normal scores on the Working Memory and Processing Speed Indexes and Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Second Edition (WIAT-II) Written Expression. Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) and reading and math scores were similar to the norm. Profiles were consistent with previous WISC-III research, except that the new WISC-IV motor-free visual reasoning subtests (Matrix Reasoning and Picture Concepts) were the highest of the nonverbal subtests. The WISC-IV may be an improvement over the WISC-III for children with high-functioning autism because it captures their visual reasoning strength, while identifying their attention, graphomotor, and processing speed weaknesses. FSIQ was the best single predictor of academic achievement.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-007-0410-4
DO - 10.1007/s10803-007-0410-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 17610151
AN - SCOPUS:40049105020
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 38
SP - 428
EP - 439
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 3
ER -