Ok, thanks. I haven't really put much thought into any groups like DYS, or even the label "gifted"...I just really want to figure out what the scores mean and if they can give me any insight into how his brain works. And if I can use them to get the school to give him accelerated work in some areas, that would be nice as well. I had no idea he was going to take an IQ test when I took him into the neuropsych (would have been nice to know that so I could have made sure he slept more than 8 hours and ate breakfast, lol). But when I saw the test I just hoped he would at least score in the average range for everything. I was really surprised he scored 18-19 on two of the tests. I still keep thinking maybe they made a mistake scoring the test, since the neuropsych was working with a resident, but then I think about how he learned to read so early, he's so good at math, etc. He has a mental image of the U.S. in his head since I hung a map on his wall as a decoration when he was 5. He can tell you where all the states are and what shape they are. One day I casually asked him if he knows where Arizona is and he said "Right by Uh-tah." (took me a minute to figure out what he was talking about). I then started asking him other random states and he could tell me where they were and which states were surrounding. I don't think that's normal for a 5 year old. But most people look at him and just see the oddities from the developmental coordination disorder, and he actually appears kind of babyish. People are shocked when (or if) they see the areas where he is advanced.
