With all Clinicians, their credentials, experience, expertise and competence should be carefully reviewed. Care needs to be taken with individuals who do not have the appropriate credentials, supervised clinical or academic training. No single test is able to adequately describe an individual. There are several psychological tests used for intelligence testing. Defining intelligence is a difficult task and has been the focus of the discussions in the psychological community.
Different tasks reflect the various theories of intelligence.
There are serious cultural limitations in all intelligence and personality tests. When a report is received by the court, it is essential that it include the cultural limitations of the test for the particular individual being tested. The tests developed by Wechsler are the, Wechsler Primary and Preschool Intelligence Scale, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children incorporates neuropsychological principles of intelligence. This is a battery of tests measuring intelligence and achievement of normal and exceptional children ages 2 through 12 years.