Originally Posted by mountainmom2011
I do suspect the possibility she could be 2e for a few reasons.

1. There's a 27 point difference between her PRI and VCI on the WISC and a 39 point difference between her PRI and PSI.
2. Writing is a bit of a challenge for her
3. She doesn't strike me as a HG kid when it comes to her academics (but again I can't tease out whether this is underachieving on purpose or not)
4. Her older sister is dyslexic, dyspraxic, and has dyscalculia. However, younger dd doesn't show the same struggles or issues older dd does so again, I just don't know.

All of these things you've listed would have me *very* strongly suspecting 2e - especially since you're seeing behavioral symptoms such as not wanting to go to school etc. You mention not knowing whether or not her underachievement is on purpose or not - with a significant difference in scores on the WISC and a family history of dyslexia/etc - I'd soooo want to err for now on the side of assuming it's a 2e challenge, and get testing to help better understand what is potentially impacting her academics.

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She is struggling socially so I would hate to pull her out to homeschool and have less opportunities to socialize.

While I agree with HK that homeschooling does provide lots of opportunity for socialization experiences, the kids I've known who struggle with social challenges seem to have had good opportunities within school that they wouldn't have been able to access through homeschooling (unless they were able to qualify for district-provided services, which isn't as easy to do in our area as it is to do when enrolled in one of our neighborhood public schools). It's not that our district isn't following IDEA, but more the situation where children who don't outright qualify for services based on very rigid guidelines sometimes are able to receive those services at school because a teacher sees a need and helps advocate for it and because the sped staff is in place at school. Even things like when a teacher sees a need for a student who isn't placed in sped but just needs to brainstorm a solution to a small issue, they have the sped staff available to bounce ideas around with. When your child is in a b&m school, you also have multiple "eyes" seeing your child, not just your own lens. That can be beyond frustrating, but it can also be helpful to have that outside opinion.

I am also not at all against homeschooling - just see some potential advantages to a b&m school with good resources when a child is having this type of challenge.

Best wishes,

polarbear