Posts by mauricemcfadden

For the IQ test, it was the WISC IV.  They also did a Peabody Achievement test, the tests were administered by a psychologist who does testing for a local school.   For the eye exam, we went to our normal...

  We have had his vision and hearing both tested in the past month.  We wanted to be sure to rule those out.   We have no real reason to think that he has a learning disability, other than he is getting below...

There is a 26 point difference between his verbal/nonverbal scores.  We had suspected a learning disability too, which is why we had him tested in the first place.  We took his scores to his school, private, so that they...

  We suspected that our son was gifted before he started school and so were very surprised when he started kindergarten and his teacher said he was "struggling" with the work.  We chalked it up to it being his first school...

  You guys are just the best!!  I am slowly working through all the information that you guys are sending my way.  I am a bit overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I need to learn to navigate through all of this and...

The psychologist only did an IQ test, It was not a complete eval.  Yesterday, we contacted my son's school and requested an eval, which are done through the public school system.  Not sure how long after requesting that it...

The tester is a psychologist.  He gave me no real analysis of the results.  The test was the WISC IV. 

To give a bit of an update.  Not sure if we made the right first step or not, but we had him tested, IQ and performace assessment which we were told would help highlight if there was a learning disability.  The results showed...

  Thanks for the reply.  I know that that is what evaluations are for, but not every kid is evaluated.  We don't have all the money in the world and I don't want to make the boy be tested if the only issue is that he...

  I am unsure if the "issues" we are having with my son are evaluation worthy, or just some ordinary kid stuff.   We thought everything was great, really, until he started kindergarten.  He is a bright kid and...