Office evaluation of specific reading disability in children.

years or more is suggestive of mental deficiency witil I.Q. below 70. There are educational achievement tests which are easy to give in tile office, and which are of some assistance in estimating 110w retarded the (lefective child is. They are especially valuable in differentiating reading disability. If it is necessary to know more accurately at what level of intelligence the defective child is functioning, he may be sent to a psychologist for testing. The Stanfond-Binet or the Wcchslen Intelligence Test Scale for Children (WISC) are the tests usually used. The former is mostly verbal. The Wechslen has the advantage of differentiating the verbal and performance tests.