Thank you all SO much for your welcome and responses! They are incredibly helpful. I especially appreciate the encouragement to focus on reframing my perspective. I have noticed myself being drawn to what appears a problem to be corrected, and it has caused me some anxiety.
Aeh, thanks for the clarity around the WISC background and framework, it resonates with me.
I really do think there was something flukey about the symbol search task. The NP seemed to think he just couldn't do it, that there was some visual/motor/attentional issue driving it, but it was SO much lower - and I see him do other visual scanning tasks, like puzzles and hidden pictures with ease. I don't know if he didn't understand and was afraid of saying so, or overcomplicating the instructions (which he does often) or what. If that subtest score wasn't so low, the index score would be more in line with the other scores.
So, he does have attention/EF issues. He also has some fine-motor issues we are getting ironed out with OT. His report suggested he has a developmental coordination disorder, but I'm not sure the OT agrees with that.
I am grateful for getting more clarity around this. I have some anxiety about him going back to school in the fall because he was so unhappy. I just want to do everything I can to help him feel engaged in learning again.
Thanks again!
