Id strengths and weaknesses - dysgraphia - 10/09/15 01:48 PM
Looking for feedback on DS9 assessment, as it relates to possible dsygraphia. It seems that there are patterns of strengths and weaknesses, but would like feedback on whether I am looking at these correctly, and whether the discrepancy could be considered significant. For context, eval was done by school, and also included eval for autism. Agreed on IEP for that (pragmatics, which from my perspective is a mild need, compared to writing), but only accommodations for writing, not instruction or assistance. It is possible that may be sufficient, but I think he would benefit from instruction. He is in GT class, so that makes it more complicated from their perspective. They are aware of 2E and get it in concept, but not much experience with it, so there is some awareness to build going forward.
Feedback or questions I should ask further? Are there other tests I should request? Is TOWL a good supplement to WIAT to assess writing level more specifically?
On the WISC-V, he had 39 point spread between VCI and PSI (so 2.5 sd), but PSI is still average. Noted as very uncommon profile (5% of children). He also had a very unusual profile on Beery VMI - low average for integration, but very high for visual perception. He has 99% on all standardized tests (cogat and nwea) but Wiat-III showed average on all reading and writing. Oral and math were above average. Wiat had 2.5 sd spread between listening comprehension and essay composition and 1.5 sd spread between reading comprehension and essay composition.
He does not have issues with fine-motor skills, and draws all the time (which school suggested meant that it couldn't be dsygraphia). But he talks very fast and there is agreement that his mind moves even faster - so explaining the ideas and getting them on paper are clearly challenging. In classwork and homework, it is rare for him to write more than 1 sentence, unless he is strongly supported by teacher or myself.
(Including full scores here, but will redact after feedback - I can add % if that is useful, but I think the scaled scores are more relevant?)
WISC -V. FSIQ is only 2 points diff from GAI, which seemed odd to me, given what I have read. Does that mean PSI didn't pull down that much? It looks like he is "average gifted" not HG or PG, so perhaps that is the reason?
FSIQ- 127, GAI - 129
VCI 139
Similarities 18
Vocabulary 16
VSI 132
Block design 15
Visual puzzles 16
FRI 112
Matrix reasoning 11
Figure weights 13
WMI 127
Digit span 15
Picture span 15
PSI 100
Coding 8
Symbol search 11
On the Beery VMI
Visual Motor Integration - 87 standard score, 7 scaled, 19%
Visual perception - 120, 14, 91%
Motor coordination - 99, 10, 47%
wiat-III. (Side note: I can't figure out how his reading can be lower than his writing - he is an excellent speller, I think bc of his excellent visual memory, so perhaps that is propping it up. Also, note that essay composition was 32% and that was based on being able to write about his favorite video game! If it wasn't free-write, I can only imagine it would be lower, as this is the only topic I have seen him write more than a few sentences about.
Wiat - total composite 116
Oral: 128 (listening 130 and oral expression 117)
Reading: 104 (word reading 114, pseudoword decoding 115, reading comp 108, oral reading fluency 98, total reading composite 110, reading comprehension composite116)
writing: 109 (spelling 129, sentence composition 101, essay composition 93). -
Math: 120 (math problem-solving 127, numerical ops 109, math fluency composite 92)
So... Ideas? Feedback? Am I off-base to think dsygraphia?
Feedback or questions I should ask further? Are there other tests I should request? Is TOWL a good supplement to WIAT to assess writing level more specifically?
On the WISC-V, he had 39 point spread between VCI and PSI (so 2.5 sd), but PSI is still average. Noted as very uncommon profile (5% of children). He also had a very unusual profile on Beery VMI - low average for integration, but very high for visual perception. He has 99% on all standardized tests (cogat and nwea) but Wiat-III showed average on all reading and writing. Oral and math were above average. Wiat had 2.5 sd spread between listening comprehension and essay composition and 1.5 sd spread between reading comprehension and essay composition.
He does not have issues with fine-motor skills, and draws all the time (which school suggested meant that it couldn't be dsygraphia). But he talks very fast and there is agreement that his mind moves even faster - so explaining the ideas and getting them on paper are clearly challenging. In classwork and homework, it is rare for him to write more than 1 sentence, unless he is strongly supported by teacher or myself.
(Including full scores here, but will redact after feedback - I can add % if that is useful, but I think the scaled scores are more relevant?)
WISC -V. FSIQ is only 2 points diff from GAI, which seemed odd to me, given what I have read. Does that mean PSI didn't pull down that much? It looks like he is "average gifted" not HG or PG, so perhaps that is the reason?
FSIQ- 127, GAI - 129
VCI 139
Similarities 18
Vocabulary 16
VSI 132
Block design 15
Visual puzzles 16
FRI 112
Matrix reasoning 11
Figure weights 13
WMI 127
Digit span 15
Picture span 15
PSI 100
Coding 8
Symbol search 11
On the Beery VMI
Visual Motor Integration - 87 standard score, 7 scaled, 19%
Visual perception - 120, 14, 91%
Motor coordination - 99, 10, 47%
wiat-III. (Side note: I can't figure out how his reading can be lower than his writing - he is an excellent speller, I think bc of his excellent visual memory, so perhaps that is propping it up. Also, note that essay composition was 32% and that was based on being able to write about his favorite video game! If it wasn't free-write, I can only imagine it would be lower, as this is the only topic I have seen him write more than a few sentences about.
Wiat - total composite 116
Oral: 128 (listening 130 and oral expression 117)
Reading: 104 (word reading 114, pseudoword decoding 115, reading comp 108, oral reading fluency 98, total reading composite 110, reading comprehension composite116)
writing: 109 (spelling 129, sentence composition 101, essay composition 93). -
Math: 120 (math problem-solving 127, numerical ops 109, math fluency composite 92)
So... Ideas? Feedback? Am I off-base to think dsygraphia?