Welcome, pdxmomto2
The evaluator indicated that the VCI would probably qualify her for the program we are considering but that she might struggle because of her slow processing speed. He recommended further testing. But she isn't having any problems in school so I'm having a hard time justifying the expense.
I'm curious how old your dd is? If she's in early elementary, it's possible she's somehow compensating for whatever issue is causing some of her scores to be low. I don't want to sound alarming in any way, but her coding score is *very* low, and the spread in everything is really huge.
I'm wondering if anyone has any insights. I'm especially curious why the comprehension score would be so much lower that the other two components of the VCI?
In addition to the advice offered above, I wonder if it's possible she has some type of vision issue? I have a dd who was doing very well in early elementary but also had a severe vision issue at the same time that no one recognized - we first discovered it when she was given the WISC and scored in the bottom 1/2 percentile on coding, as well as really low on another subtest. The reason she was able to appear to do well in early elementary was the relatively low work demands - had she gone on into mid-elementary and beyond with the vision issue uncorrected she would have had huge issues with reading demands.
What types of further testing did the psych recommend? If there were specific types of tests recommended, that might help us with further insight.
I also wonder if you might be able to request the further testing recommended through your school district to help with expense. Or if any of it might be covered by medical insurance. I may sound biased in favor of testing, but fwiw, I have two 2e kids in addition to the dd who had the vision issue (who is not 2e, by the way, she just couldn't see :))... with my 2e kiddos, one obviously struggled with reading, the other just *looked* like a perfectionist in early elementary, so his challenges went undiagnosed until he simply couldn't keep up with the workload and expectations as he moved up in school.
Best wishes,
polarbear
