I don't think his disabilities impacted on his scores, ... He scored average for this, but the educational psychologist said he could "scale" this result?
I am really new to most of this, so I don't know in what way his dyslexia and dysgraphia would impact on a WISC IV IQ test?
sometimes the psycholgist will leave the subtests out that are affected by the disabilities and sometime they don't. I can't figure out when they do and when they don't.
We had him assessed by the ed pysch in June 2008 (due to school-related issues) and once we had the result, we moved him from the local state school to a boys-only private school. The state school was unable to assist with his strengths or weaknesses, because his strengths cancelled out his weaknesses, and meant he didn't "qualify" for help - his scholastic attainment seemed bottom end of average to them.
So sad to hear that - same in the US, in many public schools a problem isn't a problem unless the child is flunking.
The new school (we are coming to the end of his second year there) is great with both his strengths and weaknesses. He has one-on-one tuition once a week for spelling, math fact and handwriting issues.
He has 14 children in his class, so it is easy for the teacher to adapt the lesson to meet each child's needs. They have learned to seat him in the front of the class, and away from windows / doors / disruptive children. He does not have ADHD but is easily distracted.
What a blessing! So glad for your family!
Grinity
