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Penelope is a 15yr old girl currently in the 9th grade. She repeated second grade. Her report cards say she is unmotivated, not working up to her potential, daydreams and is lazy at times. Teachers say she appears to be paying attention in class but when it is time for independent work Penelope just sits at her desk and does nothing. She is not disruptive in any way. She is very polite and very respectful young lady. She fits in socially and delightful to talk with. Unfortunately, she does not use her class time to complete her work and never turns in her assignments. Penelope will often ask to make up assignments but fails to follow through.  Penelope was administered a variety of psychological tests as part of this assessment. She was cooperative and friendly throughout the testing process. She put forth her best effort and showed no signs of frusteration.

The following tests were administrated:  Weschler intelligence Scale for children 4th ed (WISC-IV) 

Woodstock Johnson test of academic achievement -3rd ed (WJ-III)  

 Barkley Behavior Rating scales (ADHD)

Reynolds Adolescent Depression scale-2nd ed (RADS-II)    

WISC_IV 1st test stated her verbal and nonverbal abilities fell in the normal range. Her ability to process information under time circumstances was also at average level. Tests that assessed her short term and working memory revealed that she has significant deficit in this area. Her long-term memory appears to be intact.      

Here are the test scores

Verbal 103

Nonverbal 100

Memory 61

Processing speed 101

Full Scale IQ 92

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WJ_III 2nd test

Penelope s performance on this academic achievement test in the average yielded resulted in the average range. However, she had difficulty on a task requiring multi-steps.

Scores are

Math 99

Reading 98

Writing 100

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Barkley Behavior Rating scale

Was given by teachers and her mother to determine if she had any symptoms associated with ADD or ADHD. Results of tests showed no signs of either one

RADS-II

Depression screener to see if she had any behaviors matching depression since she was unmotivated. Signs showed no areas of depression.

Total depression scale 49th percentile

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