I think a school psychologist at a gifted school might be a great person to get a free WISC from. I think that she is hesitant to give a WISC to a 6 year old is possibly a reflection that she is more used to MG kids than HG or PG kids. There is no reason not to give a 6 year old a WISC - the longer you wait the longer you go without data, and the closer you get to those ceilings. There is always more accomidation to provide is a child needs it - subject accelerations, mentoring, skips. No gifted school could possibly accomidate all kids of the same age in the same classroom equally well because 'gifted' covers a lot of territory. A tester who is 'shaken to the core' because she has tested with her own eyes a 6 year old who out performs the gifted 7 and 8 year olds who she usually tests can be a wonderful advocate.
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I do agree that working with him at home is a good idea -
Have you tried the 'Handwriting without tears' materials? I've toyed with the idea of going to their trainings so I could teach my DS at home...but DS did eventually get usuable typing and handwriting.
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The school psych is a phd and the reason for the delay with the WISC was actually in response to me asking about the writing portion of it, basically rather than doing it now, waiting till he is a bit more comfortable so not so pokey. That being said, my sense is that she might be more used to MGs based on her comments and I don't get a good sense yet that the school is flexible, but I haven't pressed either.
But DS had a fabulous discussion with a 5th grader today about space and what was going on in the big bang, he was so happy!! It makes some of the other issues smaller!
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