hi everyone
i'm new. My DS, age 7 was diagnosed PDD-NOS at age 2 and i had the shock of my life when he had a WISC-IV that showed his FSIQ increased over 50 points from two years ago. And instead of a mix of scores in the 8 to 9 range and a FSIQ of 89, he now has:
GAI: 138
FSIQ: 119
VCI: 132
PRI: 131
WMI: 99
PSI: 83
Subtests were
block design: 12
Similarities: 13
Picture Concepts: 19 (!)
Vocabulary: 15
Matrix Reas. 14
Comprehension 18
Digit Span: 10
Symbol Search: 10
Coding: 4 (!)
The psychologist told me he suspects no PDD. He has no issues with social skills and is doing well in school with exception of math computation which is very frustrating. He has almost all the characteristics of gifted children, mostly displayed in the more "positive" way. For example, he dances ballet and plays all sports, loves music and museums, and sings on stage..
I suspect highly he is Visual-Spatial and am looking at that angle. The pysch used the term "Twice Exceptional" but admits he's not sure what the exact disability is that goes with the "gifted" piece. He is a specialist in gifted kids that i use for my Daughter who is uniformly gifted with FSIQ 147 and no history of any developmental issues. He also has a profoundly gifted grandfather and several other HG in the extended family.
Are these scores similar to what anyone out there is dealing with or can anyone think of anything that might point me to what is going on or how i can help him more (especially the processing speed).
thanks in advance
irene
