Thanks cricket2!! Is it possible he is still gifted even though he only got a FSIQ of 103??
Sorry, I just saw this! I didn't mean to not reply for days since you directed it to me.
My thoughts, which you can take or leave, would be that his IQ scores are unstable right now and would be more stable if he was older, so he could still be gifted or maybe not. If 103 about the same number you get in a few years, then maybe not, but I would not be sure enough to say that it shouldn't be considered as he gets older and especially if he is having issues in school and has a family history of giftedness.
If he were say eight years old and had one area stand out super high like that and nothing else point to giftedness, I'd be less likely to say he might still be gifted unless one or more of the following applied:
* his FSIQ was average but his GAI was near gifted (125 or so). I don't believe that GAI can be calculated on the WPPSI, but on the WISC it is calculated by dropping the two indeces that deal more with processing skills than "g" which would be processing speed and working memory.
* his FSIQ and/or GAI were close to average but that was due to the scores running the gamut from very low to very high with little in between. For instance, a profile where the child has a bunch of 8s (25th percentile scores) and a bunch of 17s (99th percentile scores).
*significant anxiety and/or a disability were standing in the way of his performing to his true ability.
