Abstract
This study examined the discriminative power of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K‐ABC; Kaufman & Kaufman, 1983a) for assessment of exceptional preschoolers. Some 59 children between the ages of 40 and 73 months participated in the study: 14 with language impairment, 17 with behavior problems, 13 with both language impairment and behavior control deficits, and 15 normal controls. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated a significant overall effect for group on the combined K‐ABC measures, F(9, 156) = 4.24, p< .0001. Only the BP group showed a distinctive K‐ABC profile, obtaining a pattern of scores that has been predicted for language‐learning‐impaired preschoolers (Telzrow, 1984): higher Simultaneous Processing than Sequential Processing and Achievement scores (p< .05). Discriminant function analysis yielded correct classification of 61% of the sample with BP subjects frequently misclassified. A K‐ABC/McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA, McCarthy, 1972) comparison for 37 subjects indicated a significant difference only for language‐impaired subjects, who obtained higher K‐ABC scores (t = 3.29, p< .01). Implications for assessment of exceptional preschoolers are discussed.
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