FSIQ: 119
VCI: 124
Similarities: 13
Vocabulary: 16
(Information): (16)
VSI: 122
Block Design: 13
(Visual Puzzles): (15)
FRI: 112
Matrix Reasoning: 9
Figure Weights: 15
WMI: 120
Digit Span: 12
(Picture Span): (15)
PSI : 100
Coding: 10
(Symbol Search): (10)
Diagnostic Impressions
AHDH - Inattentive / Hyperactive
Processing and Executive Function Disorder
Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder
Eskes / Dude / Indigo - thanks for noting "Growth Mindset". I was not previously familiar with the term but will definitely look at ways for us to incorporate this.
Eskes - I think we all have those moments where we wish we could 'un-say' something.
Indigo - Thanks for the references. I have not had a chance to read all of them yet, but working on it
Puffin - I understand your point about teachers, especially with the personal experience that led to it. DS11 thrives at the school but DS9 does not although DS9 rarely has negative behavior at school (aside from mind wandering, wanting to spend time with teachers and jokes during class). At this point, I will give his teachers the benefit of the doubt, although I believe there is probably a better academic environment for him.
Platypus101 - Thanks for the notes on Anxiety. At this point, we are going to try to help him ourselves, using reference materials noted. We will also consider professional help, however, finding the right fit (including gifted / 2e experience) may be a challenge.
I think your (and others) comments about unmet needs at school are correct. I read about "the transitive property of stupid" on the forum glossary the other day. With his PSI of 100 (and low scores on some of the other timed achievement tests), watching others improve while he is not could be a factor in his negative self-talk.
Excellent points on identifying what we are dealing with so we can treat the cause and not the symptoms. We will try to dig deeper when we meet with the psychologist but we are not very hopeful. I regret not doing more research and asking more questions about experience with gifted/2e prior to selecting the psychologist. (I saw on their website that they made school recommendations and I interpreted that to be more than it was.) I do understand that it is not an easy job and every doctor cannot be a specialist in everything. We have been quite frustrated with our dealings with the psychologist. I think we were expecting to have more answers after the psych-ed or at least an explanation that seemed reasonable. At this point, we have neither. As I mentioned in my original post, we are new to this and maybe my expectations were a bit too high. The evaluation read like a standard mis-diagnosis of gifted. That makes me question the results a bit�but I could just be in denial.
Thank you for the clarification on anxiety / ADHD. It is an important point that anxiety can cause destroy concentration and create behavior that looks like an attention problem. That was really what I was trying to say, however, my word choice left a bit to be desired.
