ABSTRACT
The Gottschalk-Gleser Cognitive Impairment scale has been tested and used with children (ages 6 -1 6 years) and late teenagers (17-19 years). Normative scores on the Cognitive Impairment scales are available (Gottschalk, 1982; also see Appendix), and these provide percentile and 7-scores. Cognitive impairment scores above the 80th percentile are of possible diagnostic value, and such scores can motivate the clinician to consider carrying out more definitive neuropsycho logical testing to corroborate or disaffirm the screening signs of the cognitive impairment scores. The clinician may prefer to make clinical judgments on the basis of 7-scores, and these are also available for children (see Tables 5.1 and 5.2). A 7-score of 70 or greater or of 30 or less would be equal to or greater than 2.00 standard deviations from the normative score and can be considered signifi cantly different at the .05 level of confidence on a one-tailed test.
