My 7 year old son had a horrible year in first grade - saying he was bored, refusing to go to school, and the teacher refusing to believe or give him challenging work at his level. Therefore, I had him assessed with the WISC-V. I was hoping he would qualify for DYS to make use of the consulting services because I'm just not sure what this all means or how to best advocate for him. He was just a little shy of qualifying, so failing that, if anyone can offer insights or advice for how to advocate for what he needs, would love if you would share your thoughts, as I feel lost and helpless. Here were the scores:
Full Scale: 99.6 percent
Verbal Comp: 98 percent (Vocab 17, Similiarities 14)
Visual Spatial 96 percent (Block design 14, Visual Puzzles 15)
Fluid Reasoning 97 percent (Figure Weights 16, Matrix Reasoning 14)
Working Memory 99.9 percent (Picture Span 19, Digit Span 17)
Processing Speed 99.7 percent (Coding 18, Symbol Search 16)
From what I understand, it is somewhat unusual for Gifted students to have working memory/processing speed as their highest score. Any advice for how to direct him to help him reach his full potential would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
