I feel like I've been on this board a lot and I apologize I just don't really have anyone else to turn to. Had my parent teacher conferences today and I'm still trying to figure out what to do for DS9. On assessment tests where he doesn't have to "show his work" or write anything he surpasses them. On his AIMS tests he scores above the 95th. Math problems that are on the "intense" level he masters but struggles with "easier" items. The harder the problem, the better he does. He's at a 6th grade reading and math level according to the assessments, but then fails his 4th grade classes because of not "showing" his work. I don't understand how he can do so well on really intricate and thought provoking details, but then if he has to "show" his work he completely butchers it and gets the problem wrong. If he has a really tough word problem, he can do the problem in his head. But then if you ask him to take that word problem and write it down as a "formula" he can't. Does anybody understand this? What do we do at this point? I was lucky enough that the Principal and one of the Specialists was with me during his conference as we discussed how he can be 98th percentile via WISC IV IQ Testing with 99.2% in Quantative Reasoning and Similarities but then struggle with simple word problems. Yep....pretty sure I'm going crazy.
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Yes I understand this completely. I don't think my DS15's problem are the same but similar. Getting him to express in words what he knows in thoughts can be excruciating. I just watched my son last night yet again not be able to write a simple creative writing assignment. If he had to write about his math he would have been going nuts. (Thankfully he misses common core math..) It's been a problem for him in every subject. My son has had this problem writing up labs in science.
Not sure what to suggest to you. Honestly specialist haven't given me very many 'good' solutions they have just given us accommodations via a 504. (He now has to Monday to finish this assignment that was due today.) Not a lot of good advice but I do know what you are going through.
Hugs..
