I have a preschooler who had a rough time in preschool. He acted like he couldn't read, said things like "my friends like me funny, not smart" and got in trouble a lot.
This resulted in us pulling him out and getting two evaluations last week. First he saw an OT who says he has retained infantile reflexes and recommended weekly therapy.
Second was an assessment from an educational psychologist that included an achievement type test (Bracken) and the WPPSI. He scored 99.9 on both but I have not received a full report with a score breakdown yet. The doctor mentioned that my son's WPPSI was the highest he'd ever tested and that the scores will just be a baseline. So I am guessing there are some ceilings issues.
My son is four and has a Sept. birthday. The cut off here is Aug. 31 so early K really isn't that early. I am starting to lean towards just maybe keeping him home and making a pitch for early 1st next year. It would give him more time to work on the therapy issues and the cool thing about the school we have picked out is that first through sixth grade is all together and only has about 15 kids.
I'd love to hear from parents who have had to make these decisions before.
All this is pretty new to me and I am still having trouble coming to grips with the idea that the "standard" educational progression might not work for him.
