What does the WTAR measure?
What does the WTAR measure?
The WTAR allows you to measure pre-morbid (pre-injury) level of intellectual functioning for individuals ages 16 to 89 years. You can administer the WTAR as part of a comprehensive evaluation and use the client’s predicted cognitive functioning scores to develop appropriate treatment plans.
What is the NART score?
The National Adult Reading Test (NART) is commonly used to estimate premorbid intelligence. People are asked to pronounce 50 words ranging from easy to difficult but whether its words conform to a hierarchy is unknown.
Why is premorbid IQ important?
Premorbid intelligence quotient (IQ) refers to one’s intellectual ability level previous to the onset of disorders like mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and it is important to estimate disease severity.
What is the FSIQ?
Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) is a term coined for an individual’s complete cognitive capacity. With regard to children, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is the most commonly used test in helping measure a child’s mental capacity.
What is Wechsler test of adult reading?
The Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR) is a neuropsychological assessment tool used to provide a measure of premorbid intelligence, the degree of Intellectual function prior to the onset of illness or disease.
What is a good score on the Wechsler test?
The average score, like the other Wechsler tests, is 100, with a standard deviation of 15. So, if “good” is defined by above average, a score over 115 could be safely assumed to be above average.
What is the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test?
The original Wechsler Individual Achievement Test was published in 1992 by David Wechsler and was designed to assess the academic capabilities of people between the ages of 4 and 85.
Is the Wechsler test of adult reading stable in traumatic brain injury?
The current study sought to determine whether the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR) provides a stable estimate of premorbid intellectual ability in acutely injured patients recovering from traumatic brain injury (TBI).