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My DS(5) had an eval for autism with a psychologist. The psych spent 1.5 hours with both of us discussing history, then an hour with DS. During this hour she did an IQ test – the Stanford Binet 5. I wasn’t present so I’m not sure if he was given the entire test or just portions, and I also don’t know how well he was engaged with the tester and paying attention. He tends to be impulsive when asked questions.
I had a follow up visit with the psych yesterday and was given a mild to moderate autism diagnosis and an IQ score of 118. I don’t have the subtest scores in my hand but I remember a verbal score of 126 a working memory score of 120 and some reasoning scores around the 106 to 108 range.
I was not surprised at all to get the High Functioning Autism diagnosis, but the IQ scores are throwing me for a bit of a loop. This is a kid who, with little to no formal teaching, is reading 4 grade levels ahead and doing math 2 grade levels ahead, knows everything about everything, memorizes everything he reads or hears, understands complex scientific processes, and has a drive for learning like no other kid I’ve ever seen! Is it possible to outperform your IQ by that much? He is so far ahead of where I was at his age, yet my IQ comes out a full 12 points higher than his. It’s not making sense to me.
So he’s technically not 2e because he’s not actually gifted. ? or is he? The psychologist kept saying things like “this is what you are seeing as so smart. These are autistic splinter skills”
What worries me the most about the IQ score is how the school will deal with this. How am I going to advocate for the subject acceleration it is obvious to me that he needs, when he doesn’t come close to qualifying for the gifted program?
I had a follow up visit with the psych yesterday and was given a mild to moderate autism diagnosis and an IQ score of 118. I don’t have the subtest scores in my hand but I remember a verbal score of 126 a working memory score of 120 and some reasoning scores around the 106 to 108 range.
I was not surprised at all to get the High Functioning Autism diagnosis, but the IQ scores are throwing me for a bit of a loop. This is a kid who, with little to no formal teaching, is reading 4 grade levels ahead and doing math 2 grade levels ahead, knows everything about everything, memorizes everything he reads or hears, understands complex scientific processes, and has a drive for learning like no other kid I’ve ever seen! Is it possible to outperform your IQ by that much? He is so far ahead of where I was at his age, yet my IQ comes out a full 12 points higher than his. It’s not making sense to me.
So he’s technically not 2e because he’s not actually gifted. ? or is he? The psychologist kept saying things like “this is what you are seeing as so smart. These are autistic splinter skills”
What worries me the most about the IQ score is how the school will deal with this. How am I going to advocate for the subject acceleration it is obvious to me that he needs, when he doesn’t come close to qualifying for the gifted program?