Our son recently took the OLSAT and according to the test, he's not gifted. His verbal is 101. His non-verbal is 95.
I looked up NVLD (NLD) and some of the symptoms are just not him. He's currently working at a fourth grade level in math (he's a second grader) and third grade reading with excellent comprehension with books higher. However, he has never liked puzzles and coloring much. He isn't crazy into Lego, either. But some symptoms are him. He's spelling at above fifth grade level easily. He has an excellent memory.
We are wondering if there was some sort of distraction at the test. The reason we are really concerned about this being a possibility is because the testing took place at the local elementary school (not his regular school), and he went without his teacher or his class. We asked the local elementary to give him the test without his current school's knowledge because we wanted to see some sort of confirmation of need of gifted services. That seems to not have been the result! I've read on Hoagie's that the OLSAT sometimes doesn't show a highly gifted child as such. Has anyone more information on this?
Now we are thinking we need to get him evaluated someplace else. A Neuropsych or a Psychologist. Where do we start?
