DS6 refused to do most of the tests, will not do math questions that he considers too repetetive or easy, threw pillows, slammed a door during testing. I even heard him yell "We are not done and I am not going back to my mother" and he told me he had done that after the tester threated to bring him back to me and after he was trhowing pencils on the floor because he didn't "want to do all that work". Major issue with DS6 the past several months in school has been getting him to comply with anything that doesn't meet his own intellectual agenda.
The first mistake the tester made was an empty threat, IMHO. Some gifted kids seem to literally smell fear! (lightheartedly)
C'mon, the kid calls testers bluff and now there is nowhere to go. Ding. Test over.
I'm pretty sure you can have DS tested with a different test, like the SB right away if your gut is telling you something is amiss. You are close to this tester:
http://www.amendpsych.com/I have no personal experience,, but have heard great, great things. It seems as if he has a specialty in learning disabilities and behavior issues, so at the very least you could obtain a second opinion.
I've shared this story here before, so maybe it'll help..
When DD6 was tested right before she turned five, she was quietly and politely escorted out of the tester's office. He smiled politely and charmingly and said: "She needs a little break." I was like, okay. What do I know? Perhaps all children get a little break in the middle. She was real happy though, and I asked how is was going. She said: "I called him a buckhead". Ummmm WHAT!?!? I asked, and you know I was wondering if by "buckhead" she really meant that she had called him a ........well......you can guess. Then after about five minutes she simply said... "I'm ready now" and walked back into the office by herself. So, I pretty much spent the next 30 minutes or so waiting for my: Little Criminal in Training diagnosis. But actually, I was thinking when the door opened I would be handed the: Bad and foulmouth parent of the year award. Right? Cause they always pick that stuff up from the PARENT!
Luckily, this guy had a lot of experience with GT kids and knew they all have different little personalities. My particular little lovely likes to play the game: I wonder what will happen if I.......
It turns out she finished the test and did well. I'm so certain if this situation had not been handled BRILLIANTLY by the tester that we may not have seen the solidly GT scores she ended up with. Who knows. But I *know* that she expected a different reaction from the tester when she called him a *buckhead*. I think his calm rational reaction calmed her down, plus he sent her a real strong message when he sent her out of the room, IYKWIM. He didn't tell her he was going to do it, gosh darn it! He just did it.
I will say she had a real rough time in K, but is now a "model student" in first. No matter what causes the behavior issues, there are things available to help kids, so seek that stuff out.
Good luck and good luck to all the others waiting for test results. I honestly believe that if LD's are a legitimate issue, it's much better to find out now, rather than later. There is a ton of new research and therapies available and young kids can make fantastic progress!
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