I get frustrated when I hear her teachers tell me she could get better grades if she applied herself....she can't read the questions on the comprehension test (about the story) she fails the test. If you were ask her orally the questions she could tell you the answers. I feel all of this is affecting her grades imo.
I'm really not sure where to go from here.
I'm not sure where you should go either. It is SO frustrating to hear the teachers say that she isn't applying herself, and you have to pray that the teachers aren't saying this to her directly, although that certianly did happen to us when my son was in 2nd grade.
Do the teachers
know that she can't read the comprehension questions?
I can say that her WISC results don't match up at all with the descriptions you provide, so it's not suprising that there isn't much of a discrepancy between WISC and WAIT. Both are far from what you are seeing at home. (Even the Verbal WISC which is totally verbal in it's administration just doesn't sound like her.)
I wonder if your dd's reading problems are difficult for the school to detect because her intelligence is allowing her to 'scam' the tests without knowing she is doing that.
I would send a letter to the school saying that you are very concerned that she can't read and what can they offer to do about it.
I do have a tip for Math: Use notebook paper turned sideways. It may be that having columns to work with helps her check to see if the numbers are in the right places.
I think that I would make some videos of your daughter talking about some favorite topic in great detail, and using the secrete language and bring them with you to your next school meeting and any future doctor visits.
It might be worth asking your pediatrician to give some advice or options. Perplexing!
Grinity
