[shy_bear]

We are trying to get our son an adoption subsidy post finalization in light of his diagnosis of FASD. He is 28mths old; there are questions about his brain function and the clinic where he was screened for FASD suggested IQ testing at age 5 or 6. We are trying to get it done now so we have a baseline and also can move forward with this subsidy. So where or who does IQ testing? I don't even know where to start looking...I am on hold right now with our peds office.
Any suggestions?

[tweetybirdus]

I think your best bet would be to ask the pediatrician which you are attempting to do.

[mommytoEli]

are you already getting early intervention services? they might be able to help point you in the right direction as well.

[Amber76]

As a special ed teacher, I have to say that I have never seen an IQ score for any of the preschoolers that I have worked with. Usually the "testing" for ones that small is more developmental and less intellectual. The assessment yields a result of what age they are functioning at in relation to their chronological age. Significant delays result in a label of developmentally delayed and they get preschool services with that label. IQ testing usually comes when they are older since most IQ tests that I'm familiar with don't really work well with very young kids. I hope that you are able to find the answers you need.

[DannieAS]

I'm with Amber when it comes to the assessment reports I've seen even from outside clinics adn EI clinics (meaning non-educational clinical testing).

I've seen them qualify based on developmental levels and come with either mild, moderate, severe, profound delays no IQ scores.

The infant team in our district uses many questionnaire and play assessment tools, and the preschool 3-5 year old assessment team psychologists use the Ordinal scales of development.

Our school psychs don't start using the Leiter-R or the C-Toni (non-verbal cognitive) til Kinder.

But ask around....people do different tests and work differently so it can't hurt to ask and see what is typically done.

[shy_bear]

We were told at his big eval that they could do IQ testing, but were not going to b/c they felt his sensory issues would not give a clear picture. One of the determining factors for an adoption subsidy is MR(such as a developmental delay or disability, perceptual or speech/language disability, or metabolic disorder) His report puts him on the low end of average across the board except for his adaptive skills. He is rated at like 18mths. All we keep reading is he has evidence of brain impairment...