Yes and then some. On the WISC-IV we had subtest scores range from 2% to 99.6%. His overall processesing speed was 9%. In our case it explained a lot of the issues he was having at school which led to us to testing (in our case these became more obvious in grade one with the increased writing expectations which for our DS are a challenge).
Wow that's interesting scatter and insight! We also had low processing index in one subtest (like under 20%) and the tester said she thought he was distracted, but the admission director thought it was eye scanning issue - hence the recos to see developmental ophthalmologist.
I'm far from an expert but to me it makes sense that low processing speed could result in a slow talker. My DS was speech delayed (at 2.25 he had about 5 words and that was 9 months into speech therapy). By 3 he had caught up to his peers and he graduated from the speech therapy program. In our case he isn't a slow talker but he does take time before he starts speaking. If you rapid fire questions at him it is a disaster because he is working on his first response by the time you've asked the third. He asks a million questions and then hours later returns with follow up questions after he's processed everything and developed his new theory that he then has to grill us on.
Our DS was not speech delayed, but he was quiet for a while, and then he had two looooong stuttering periods. Our teachers believed that he was thinking faster than he could express, hence the stuttering. Our current teachers are VERY positive people who thoroughly respect the children, so I dread graduating from our pre-K into the unknown world.. He still talks slowly now, last week he was bullied by a friend (a clothing article removed from his body and hidden), he tried to provide long explanations to friend why the friend should stop, but friend didn't listen. Teacher said he needed to learn to say the short "No" to get immediate action, since friend didn't have the patience to listen. He's been picked on by this same kid for 1.5 years, and every time this happens, he melts down when he gets home, making me feel sad that school can be so stressful
For parenting help I've used this board, another more local board, books, the Hoagies website and other parents (I work with a lot of very smart people who it turns out have very smart kids).
Extra-curricular - as mentioned above we've mostly focused on sports but others use music or drama in a similar way. At home we do a lot based more on his strengths (google and youtube are amazing resources).
DYS - I'm in Canada so we can't apply. Hopefully others will be able to help with that.
Thank you! I need to check Hoagies more thoroughly, so far I've been just browsing lightly. Also I haven't read any books on giftedness, resources, etc. DS also does soccer and gymnastic, for which he is average, but he thinks these are fun. I also work with a lot of very smart people, and I think they have very smart kids. We have online discussion forums for parents at work. I have been passively reading the discussions, because it is not anon, and I am not comfortable to come out and discuss the age and milestones of my son, which they do when asking for activity/material suggestions.. Most or all of our classroom parents are also in the forum..
We can't find kids with similar building abilities (or interests) so we look for other commonalities instead. At that age it is exhausting but for us it has become easier as he's getting older and is able to get information on his own rather than relying on us for everything.
Oh that is good to know. Today, when our DS gets home from school, and we from work, we are ready to wind down, while he is just starting to get excited with his projects! It will be great to get to a point when he'll be more independent about getting information. I guess being able to read might help..
We talked to our psychologist, and she said that Davidson's requirement for PIQ in wppsi-iv can't be satisfied because PIQ has been discontinued in wppsi-iv. She thinks that if/when we know the scores from the extended norms, he will not need to re-test, as it will bump his whole VSI above Davidson's requirement. I am willing to re-test if needed for DYS, but would very much like to avoid further exposing him to more testing if possible.
