tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194449012044139574.post3103236644390620093..comments2023-07-03T16:14:28.193+03:00Comments on Play.Teach.Love: Simply...I.Q.Zaina Alzabinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039646487136111252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194449012044139574.post-69916513079501435662012-02-20T22:03:28.794+03:002012-02-20T22:03:28.794+03:00Other Anonymous, I am thankful for your contributi...Other Anonymous, I am thankful for your contribution. It was indeed my attempt to provide a simplified idea about I.Q. for my readers who are unfamiliar with the term. It is often frustrating for us working in the psycho-educational field to see this arbitrary cut-off. Hopefully in the future, schools would begin to realize the need to adjust their standards with increasing awareness and our professional involvement.Zaina Alzabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039646487136111252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194449012044139574.post-78146837002906733932012-02-20T21:37:17.973+03:002012-02-20T21:37:17.973+03:00I appreciate your straightforward attempt to expla...I appreciate your straightforward attempt to explain the whole IQ thing. Unfortunately, for-profit schools have had the opportunity for many years to be choosy about their students, and one of the ways they've done this is by arbitrarily declaring that any child with an IQ below 85 is "special needs"! One counselor from a well-known school actually insisted that the cutoff for "normal" intelligence is 90, and refused to accept (even when shown in print) that the standard deviation of 15 for the WISC means 85 still falls within the average.<br /><br />Your blog posts are great, and I encourage you to continue? (Love your response to 'Anonymous')<br /><br />The OTHER Anonymous =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194449012044139574.post-86001070266939985812012-02-20T13:27:06.403+03:002012-02-20T13:27:06.403+03:00Thank you for your comment. There is no need to b...Thank you for your comment. There is no need to be attacking. This is a learning & teaching blog. If you could go back and re-read the text above you will find that I did NOT "interpret" the charts, I mentioned that "Most schools in Kuwait..." (mainstream and L.D.) use 85 as a cut-off average for acceptance. This has been my experience with schools here, unfortunately. I, regardless of your comment, do agree with you that it should not be this way. I have often fought for children with low average I.Q. to be accepted in mainstreams schools. Some schools do make an exception if psychological and educational support is provided.<br />Again, I appreciate you taking the time to read the blog and I always welcome child advocates such as your self. I would appreciate a more respectful dialogue in the future.Zaina Alzabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039646487136111252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194449012044139574.post-85442863200803065692012-02-20T12:14:48.771+03:002012-02-20T12:14:48.771+03:00As a Professional Educational Psychologist, I stro...As a Professional Educational Psychologist, I strongly disagree with your interpretation of "special needs" as anything below 85! If you were simply to consult the Wikipedia charts which you yourself posted, you would be able to determine that 85 is in the Low Average range, which includes 16.1 percent of all children. I highly recommend that you contact someone who knows how to interpet IQ charts and ask them to teach you what the levels mean before posting again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com