Cognitive, Academic, and Behavioral Findings in Children with Suspected and Documented Neurological Dysfunction
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Vol. 9 (3) , 55-60
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002221947600900311
Abstract
Intellectual, perceptual, academic, and behavioral comparisons were made for matched samples of elementary school children with suspected and documented neurological dysfunction. Significant differences were obtained between samples on most intellectual (WISC) variables, with all comparisons favoring the suspected neurological dysfunction sample. The samples did not differ appreciably on perceptual, academic, and two of three behavioral variables, suggesting that the pattern of performance for the two samples in areas highly relevant for education wus similar. WISC Verbal-Performance discrepancies exceeding 15 points were relatively good predictors of documented neurological dysfunction.Keywords
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