We are applying for a full-time gifted program for our 7.5 year old son. The program is offered through a consortium of participating public school districts in a large metro area. Admission to the program requires a 140+ FSIQ on both the WISC IV and the SBV. A 140+ WISC GAI may be substituted for the WISC IV FSIQ. Our son's score are as follows:
142 FSIQ on SBV (taken several months ago)
148 GAI on WISC IV
138 FSIQ on WISC IV
The WISC IV scores are broken down as follows:
VERBAL - 146
Similiarities - 19
Vocab - 19
Comprehension - 15
PERCEPTUAL - 133
Block Design - 12
Picture Concept- 16
Matrix Reas. - 18
WORIKING MEMORY- 126
Digit Span - 12
Letter-Num.Seq. - 17
PROCESSING SPEED - 106
Coding - 12
Symbol Search - 10
My concern is that the WISC IV FSIQ of 138 will somehow diminish the 148 GAI given the 140 cut-off score. Sure, the program says that a 140+ WISC GAI can be substituted, but I'm wondering if any of you folks have any insights into whether selection committees tend to focus on the FSIQ even when, as in our son's case, the FSIQ is drawn down primarily by more average processing speed.
Thanks so much for any responses. We recently found this board and it is has proven quite educational as we try to get something for our 2nd grader to do at school above and beyond simple math and reading that he was doing in kindergarten and before. Amazing and a bit depressing as to how much resistance there is to providing appropriate and obvious child-specific challenges at school.
