The Stanford-Binet 5.

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I was officially diagnosed with asd about ten days ago. The psychologist who conducted the assessment throughout this year was meeting with the provincial (BC) community living agency to see if I can qualify for some supports. She met with them and apparently has to complete the Stanford-Binet 5 with me first. The Dr did not tell me why or where I need to score to receive supports or if I am above a certain score= no supports...I am assuming but anyone know for sure?

Also I am wondering what to expect. I do not test well and when there is an expectation to perform in any means I fail even though if I know it. I will often go silent and repeat "I don't know" because words in my head just stop and I can't think.

What types of questions do they have? Are they evaluating me talking or writing or ?

Any info would be helpful. Thank you.

I was reading about this test just today in Wikipedia. You can Google this of course. It an IQ test.

The Stanford-Binet is probably the original, prototype "IQ test."

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It's an entrance exam to ensure you fit in their definition of "qualifying".

As for what to expect... See the following link: http://www.tests.com/practice/Stanford-Binet-Practice-Test

Don't worry about "testing well", just work the problems and be ok with your weaknesses. The whole purpose is to see how you do on the test - there is no pass and there is no fail. There's only "qualify" and "don't qualify". Since you don't know what their qualification range is then there's no point "trying" to meet some goal with it. Often the test isn't verbal, it's on a computer and you get scratch paper and a pencil to work through the problems. If it's timed (which it may be) it's not because they're trying to pressure you but rather to ensure you're working along a benchmark - think of it as "a fifth grader can do this problem in 30 seconds and a second grader in 3 minutes, that doesn't make them equally intelligent does it?"

I'm totally with you, I need to understand what I'm getting into before I'm in it or I have a bit of a freak-out, even at age 36.

Granted, the questions might be "kid stuff", but one must remember the point of the test itself. If they're trying to ascertain if you're able to do "simple thought skills" then this "kid stuff" is apropos.

As for skewing the results by practicing - not really. The questions on the website aren't actual test questions, they're just LIKE them so one knows what to expect. If you want to really dig into the "doesn't practicing skew the results" please see the MENSA website which encourages potential members to take practice tests before doing a real (proctored) one. Heisenberg uncertainty principle applies, granted, however we're not seeing if a cat is dead or alive, we're just taking it's temperature.