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    Thanks, Chris. I was jut so grateful to get the testing and wanted answers, I wasn't thorough enough in researching the evaluator. Lesson learned, but sorry it was at my son's expense.

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    Originally Posted by ABQMom
    When I told him there was no way my son had an IQ of 92, he got defensive and said, "Are you really going to challenge me and question my results?"

    Danger, Will Robinson!
    This is just the hugest of red flags for me, both professionally and personally. If a practitioner cannot stand being questioned, they're putting way too much of their own ego into the situation to remain competently professional.

    My other thought-- and forgive me, I haven't read ahead so it may be answered already-- is whether it's necessary to use the WISC-R. If you have suspected auditory processing issues, why not a non-verbal test like Raven's? Or if you're dealing with a kid who is already assumed to be gifted, the old Stanford-Binet still has considerable value in determining precisely how gifted it is that we're looking at.


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    Originally Posted by ABQMom
    Polarbear - I haven't received anything from him yet, and, no, there is no follow-up appointment although I did schedule one today with the first psychologist we saw that referred us to this man. It felt very much like this was the minimal of effort expended with very little willingness to go beyond. He only spent about 15 minutes with me after the testing, and I think that is all I'll have with him. I would never recommend him to someone else.

    I'll definitely post the scores once I have them.

    Epoh - when we can afford to have testing outside of our insurance-approved list, I will definitely follow through with more testing from someone else. It runs well over $1000, though, and right now that's just not possible.

    Does your school system not pay for this? There's a federal mandate to identify gifted children, which of course requires testing. And if a parent has significant disagreement with testing results (like your situation would be had the school sent you to this guy) you should have the right to request an Independent Educational Evaluation. This means that you may ask that a professional, competent evaluator who is not employed by the school system conduct another evaluation of your child.

    If you request an IEE of your child, the school must provide you with information about where you can obtain such an evaluation. (Larger districts like ours usually already have payment set-ups in place with a number of independent providers, and those independent providers know what the district is looking for by way of documentation-- though some people go outside that list entirely.)


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    Originally Posted by CCN
    My son had a similar issue - our psychologist couldn't calculate his IQ because the spread between his highest score and lowest score was so vast that it was consistent with only 7% of the population. sigh. IQ isn't everything, but it would have been nice...

    We refer to Youngest DD's score as the total number followed by "with a fifty point verbal suppression". It sort of puts things in perspective, especially in meetings with teachers. At my snarkiest (usually during bad IEP meetings), I think of it in terms of "yeah, lady, and even when she doesn't talk she's smarter than you are".


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    I saw your post about CAPD or APD; Dr. Silverman recommended to us the Able Kids Foundation. It might be an additional resource for you.

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