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[quote=Anonymous]I give the WISC (psychologist).

There are 10 required subtests, and another 5 which are not usually given but might be included, either to gain more information or if a subtest is "spoiled" and can't be used (picture a kid insisting s/he must use the bathroom, or the fire alarm going off, midtest).

It usually takes me between 1 1/2 and 2 hours, including a 10 minute break. Longer for chatty kids, or kids who are off-task a lot and need to be redirected. Longer for kids who are slower workers/thinkers, because only three of the ten subtests have time limits, and I let kids keep going if they are still thinking. Also longer for young, gifted kids, because the starting point is determined by age but the ending point is determined by getting 4 or 5 questions in a row wrong. A young gifted kid will end up being asked every single question!

And, for the PP who mentioned extended norms, those are for scoring, not extra questions. If a child, particularly at the younger end of the age range, gets a very high raw score (# correct), you may need to go the the extended norms to translate it into a "scaled score" which is higher than 19.

Finally, I don't think it EVER took 60 minutes for me to give a WISC, unless the child was earning very low scores or totally uncooperative![/quote]

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