Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5), Fifth Edition

Author: Gale H. Roid
	Type:	Cognitive ability assessment
	Purpose:	Individually administered assessment of intelligence and cognitive abilities
	Measures:	Fluid Reasoning, Knowledge, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual-Spatial Processing, Working Memory
	Ages:	2 to 85+ years
	Times:	Approximately 5 minutes per subtest
	Scoring:	SB5 ScoringPro

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Steven Hardy-Braz, Farmville, NC
E-mail: hardybraz@coastalnet.com

Background:

Steven Hardy-Braz received his graduate training in school psychology at Gallaudet University. His master's degree is in developmental psychology and his undergraduate degrees are in clinical counseling psychology, criminal justice, and substance abuse counseling. While currently a consultant to numerous school systems around the country, he previously worked as a school psychologist at the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf and worked with deaf, deafblind, and multihandicapped students. In 1999 he was North Carolina School Psychology Association Practitioner of the Year, and in 2001 he was Gallaudet University's Outstanding Young Alumnus. Currently, he is the President of the North Carolina School Psychology Association, the recent South Eastern Regional Institute on Deafness's Outstanding Educator of the Year, and the co-coordinator of the National Association of School Psychologists' Interest Group on students who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. He has conducted dynamic and fun workshops and trainings nationally and internationally and is a nationally certified school psychologist skilled in American Sign Language. He has provided state, regional, and national training in assessment and diagnosis, especially in evaluations with students with learning disabilities. As a visiting instructor and adjunct professor, he teaches classes in abnormal psychology, assessment, disabilities, counseling, and development.

Steven Hardy-Braz served as a Site Coordinator for Riverside Publishing during the standardization of the SB5, consulted on the development of the test, and authored sections of the manual as it pertains to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. He has also worked on the standardization and modifications used with other widely used instruments of intelligence. Steven Hardy-Braz consults with test publishers and educational systems throughout our country as well as schools in South Africa, England, and Portugal.