The WISC-IV scale in a group of children with SLD
Stefania Brotto, Arturo Orsini, Lina Pezzuti
The Italian version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children − 4th Edition (WISC-IV) was administered to a clinical sample of 51 children with diagnoses of learning disabilities: specifically there was one sub-sample of only dyslexia, another one with dyslexia and other disabilities (dysorthography, dysgraphia, dyscalculia) and a third sub-sample of participants without dyslexia but with dysorthography, dysgraphia, dyscalculia. The clinical sample was compared with a match-paired group sample made up of 51 disability-free children. Comparisons between these groups and the standardisation sample were performed for all the core and optional WISC-IV indices. Results indicated that the two clinical samples with dyslexia performed worse than the matched-paired sample on Working Memory, Processing Speed Indexes, FSIQ and Cognitive Proficiency Index. In addition, the group with the dyslexic subjects had a higher GAI higher, and their CPI was lower when compared to the matched-paired sample. Patients with a diagnosis without the presence of dyslexia were similar to the matched-paired sample.
Keywords
Learning disorders, typical profile identification, strengths and weaknesses.