Artsberg Enterprise Limited

Wiig Assessment of Basic Concept (WABC)
Elisabeth Wiig, Ph.D.

• Age Range: 2.6 to 7.11 years
• Testing Time: 10 - 15 minutes
  

The Wiig Assessment of Basic Concepts® (WABC®) is a unique norm-referenced assessment that evaluates a child's understanding and use of basic concepts.

Use the WABC® to ...

• Create focused IEPs and intervention plans.
• Thoroughly assess basic concepts.
• Identify children in preschool and kindergarten who need “extra help” with basic concepts.
• Distinguish deficits in using basic concepts from deficits in understanding them.
• Further distinguish an inability to understand basic concept terms from deficits in auditory processing (following directions).

What Makes the WABC® Different?

1. There is no easel. Instead, the test is presented in an interactive storybook format. This gives you the opportunity to test the child in a setting that is quite natural to most children (looking at/reading a book). Click here for a sample page.
2. The WABC® embeds concept pairs or related words in colorfully illustrated scenes. Instead of presenting each concept as an unrelated single word, the WABC® assesses one of the concepts in a pair receptively (Which bear is big? Child points to big bear) and the other expressively (You showed me big. This bear is ... Child says, "little.")
3. The WABC® contains two age-level tests. Level 1 - A Day at the Zoo is for preschool children age 2.6 to 5.11 years and Level 2 - A Day at the Park is for children in kindergarten and early elementary grades ages 5.0 to 7.11 years. For a more complete picture of strengths and weaknesses, you may administer BOTH levels to children between 5.0 - 5.11 years.

Receptive & Expressive Testing

The WABC® groups 113 basic concepts in two sets: Level 1 and Level 2 (click here for a list of concepts). Each Level assesses concept knowledge (receptive) AND use (expressive) across seven (7) categories:

• Color or Shape (Ex., red, square)
• Size, Weight or Volume (Ex., short/tall, big/little)
• Distance, Time or Speed (Ex., far/near, slow/fast)
• Quantity or Completeness (Ex., none/all, less/more)
• Location or Direction (Ex., behind/in front)
• Condition or Quality (Ex., hot/cold, wet/dry)
• Sensation, Emotion, or Evaluation (Ex., bad/good)

Who May Administer the WABC®?

Childhood teachers, special educators, and speech-language pathologists may administer the WABC®. We recommend, however, that only educators and professionals skilled in testing administration and scoring, interpret the results and create intervention plans for their students

WABC® Kit Includes:

• Level 1 and Level 2 Storybooks
• 50 Level 1 and 50 Level 2 record forms
• Clipboard with calculator
• Puppy Bank reinforcer with 30 Doggy Dog tokens
• 75 WABC® Stickers
• Awesome WABC® Tote Bag