Thanks! I'm new to all this and, like many others, trying to figure out what it all *mean* so that I can better understand my son's needs. He took the DAS-II and the scores looked like this:
Differential Ability Scales-Second Edition:
Standard Score* Percentile
General Conceptual Ability (GCA) 136 99
Nonverbal Reasoning Cluster 115 84
Verbal Cluster 126 96
Spatial Cluster 146 99.9
*Mean score = 100, SD = 15
I think these scores are pretty solidly in the gifted category, but was concerned about the 20+ difference between the spatial and the other categories. We're a bilingual household and he didn't speak much english until he was more than 2.5. I feel like that could effect the verbal cluster, though his English now is stronger and very good compared to other age-peers.
Right now, it doesn't really matter. He's only 4. We've decided to pull him out of his Montessori school due to "boredom" and the teacher not wanting to change the curriculum because he does fine in class. We're going to homeschool next year (would be his kindergarten year) and I'm pretty laid back about things.
In the future, though, I'd like to see if there are more resources available, such as DYS or other things like that. It seems now that his general score is really being carried by the high spatial score (and it was the highest the psychologist had ever had a child get) and was wondering if there might be a drastic increase or decrease in strengths.
Again, I know that it doesn't really matter in the long run. I'll still be teaching the same boy, but I'm just looking for clues that might help lead us in the right path (since he's anti-learning right now...).
