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Article: Test child, real child. (assessing disabilities in a child)
- Article from:
- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- June 1, 1992
- Author:
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The child being evaluated can't jump over an eraser on the floor and clings to his mother's hand. The real child, at home, hops down a line of six laundry baskets, slowly but gleefully.
The child being evaluated can barely totter up a few stairs holding an adult's hand, putting both feet on each tread. The real child climbs stairs well, if slowly, by himself, one foot per tread, sometimes skipping a tread.
The child being evaluated can't stand on one foot. The real child hops all the way down the hall on one foot.
The child being evaluated swipes at the blocks on the table, almost knocking them off. He can't concentrate on a task, the examiner ...