I have a bright 4.5 yr old who was just evaluated. I'm looking for help interpreting his scores. He seems to be pretty advanced at home academically. He enjoys math, science, books. He has good social skills at home, but his teacher expressed major concerns because he needed more redirection than his peers. He did well with pre-academics at school but did not socialize with his classmates for most of the year. He can be a little reserved at times but he is great on playdates, and has a handful of buddies he plays with. He seems to literally freeze up (sometimes) at school and will not get started on independent work without a nudge from the teacher. He is focused at home and can work hard when he wants to. He got a maze book today and worked on it for an hour.
WPPSI-III
Subtests
Information 15 (95)
Vocabulary 12 (75)
Word Reasoning 13 (84)
Block Design 14 (91)
Matrix Reasoning 18 (99.6)
Picture Concepts 11 (63)
Symbol Search 9 (37)
Coding 3 (16)
Composite
Verbal 118 (88)
Performance 127 (96)
Processing Speed 88 (21)
Full Scale IQ 120 (91)
Woodcock Johnson III - Tests of Achievement
Subtests
Letter-Word ID 135
Spelling 129
Passage Comprehension 96
Applied Problems 124
Word Attack 151
Cluster
Brief Achievement 134
Brief Reading 124
Basic Reading Skills 147
The psychologist didn't say much about his strengths but she focused on his low coding score. She thinks the low coding score could be a red flag and talked about his slow processing speed and a working memory problem. I know I sound like a denial Mom, but I really don't think he is processing that slowly. Something is not adding up. These tests were only for the assessment. He was sick and coughing during testing so he spent a lot of time getting tissues, etc. He has never done any timed work. Because I had never heard of coding, I ordered some practice coding worksheets online about 2 weeks before the test. He really enjoyed them. He completed almost 50 pages of them. This morning I pulled out the hardest one and timed him. He did well, all correct. He was also fidgeting with his glasses a lot according to the report, so I need to have his eyes checked too. How do I know if it's a legitimate issue?
I greatly appreciate any help interpreting this info. What do you think of these scores? I realize that a 120 isn't very high but his achievement scores are better. What does that mean? The psychologist does not specialize in gifted so I didn't get any feedback as to whether or not he might be gifted.
