Is it true that the verbal portion of the wisc tests more crystallized intelligence than fluid?
Yes it is!
also -
Our local district was willing to do a 504 but never an IEP, and then later wouldn't even give a 504 because although they acknowledged the problem my son faced, they didn't see that was causing him any problems getting high grades.
Some districts will use a comparison between highest and lowest, some won't.
Is there any way you can get the needed services privately?
Grinity
That is the route we are now left with. The meeting didn't go well yesterday. They feel they have done everything they are legally required to do and that she doesn't even qualify for a 504. So her 40% drop in her Verbal IQ on Wisc and extremely low scores are just the results of 'a bad day' according to the psychologist. Despite the fact that the verbal index was the only index she really significantly dropped percentiles compared to 2 years ago. And according to the psychologist she's still within average range so that's okay even if it wasn't due to a bad day. And the low scores of 4's and 9's also don't matter b/c dd was distracted so she feels it's not a valid reflection of her ability on those subtests. She also refused to acknowledge or look at the subtest scatter (other than the 4's and 9's) or look at the difference of her CPI vs. GAI. Honestly, I don't even know what the point was of her re-testing her on the WISC if she wasn't even going to really look into the results and what they mean.
Add to that her Key Math percentiles dropped 25% points compared to her WIAT two years ago but that isn't a problem for them either b/c she's still within average range. FWIW I realize you can't really compare Key Math to WIAT but I was using this argument to try to get them to retest her on the WIAT to get an accurate depiction if she has truly dropped, if it's a fluke, or if it's just a difference in tests. Not to mention she qualified for ESL services based on an eval done by somebody from the district despite the fact my dd is not even bilingual.
All that aside, I'm done fighting them. I don't have a lot of faith in the educational specialist if she can't give me ideas on how to stop reversals and transposing of numbers and letters, or she can't even tell that my dd has written words from right to left. And then add to that the psychologist who was rolling her eyes at the meeting, they are just not 'professionals' I want working with my dd.
So on to private tutoring we go and I will be the squeaky wheel next year to be sure the teacher is aware she is unable to do the math homework instead of spending 45 min. reteaching my dd the concepts she learned in school that day in order to help her do her homework.
