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The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1983a) is now a widely accepted and used, individually administered clinical test of intelligence and achievement for use with preschoolers and young children. There is research guidance regarding the use of the K-ABC with samples of Asian children (Ishikuma, Moon, & Kaufman, 1988; Mardell-Czudnowski, 1995), correlations between K-ABC scores and heart rate (Kaufman, Eller, & Applegate, 1990), the utility of the K-ABC with samples suffering from depression (Kaufman, Grossman, & Kaufman, 1994) and autism (Allen, Lincoln, & Kaufman, 1991), investigation of K-ABC short forms (Kaufman & Applegate, 1988), and commentary and inclusion of the K-ABC in reference works on neuropsychological testing (e.g., Spreen & Strauss, 1991).
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Reynolds, C.R., Kamphaus, R.W., Rosenthal, B.L., Hiemenz, J.R. (1997). Applications of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) in Neuropsychological Assessment. In: Reynolds, C.R., Fletcher-Janzen, E. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5351-6_13
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