Hi, I am new here and was wondering if you could help me understand my son's WISC-IV scores? His FSIQ was cautioned due to the 34 point discrepancy between his VCI/PRI scores. The PSI also has a 5 point discrepancy between Coding and Symbol search. The school district used his FSIQ and compared it to the WIAT-III and said although he scored within the superior range on the PRI clusters they feel my son is of average intelligence and therefore does not qualify for Specific Learning Disability. He is 7 1/2 and currently in the first grade. He was retained in kindergarten and struggles with Reading, Written Expression and Spelling. He is in the process of being evaluated for CAPD.
He did qualify for speech/language services but I am afraid this test may not be conclusive in ruling out other SLD's. We will be discussing the ER this week and setting IEP for expressive language. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
WISC-IV FSIQ-108 70% -significant difference in VCI/PRI
VCI 95 37%
Similarities-10
Vocabulary-8
Comprehension-9
PRI 129 97%
Block Design -16
Picture Concepts-12
Matrix Reasoning-16
WMI 102 55%
Digit Span-10
Letter-Number Sequence-11
Arithmetic-11
PSI 97 42%
Coding-7 (low average)
Symbol Search-12
Also CoGat
Verbal-89 25% 26/44
Quantitative-102-73% 34/44
Nonverbal-139 99% 44/44
Thank You in advance, this is all uncharted waters for me.
