I forgot to put DS's age, sorry! He's 6yrs 6mo, his achievement was done at 6yrs 5mo. When I called DYS, the woman was really nice, but it did seem that the portfolio was going to be a pain. I asked her outright if what she was getting at was that they wanted to see work he had done on his own without me coaching him and she said that was exactly it. And just like you guys said, he's 6, we're lucky to get him to write legibly much less to create masterpieces, lol.

There's one other company I've got a call in to that looks like it's only a little bit more for WISC or SB5, I have to verify that they use a psychologist for the testing. If we're spending the money and trying to get the most out of it, I'd rather go with the more widely accepted and trusted tests. I'm also going to call the university here this morning, that was a great suggestion! I'm trying not to think too hard about how unfair it is that we pay taxes, can't use the school system and they refuse to pay for his testing...that's unhelpful thinking, but still it makes a little bitter.

I think for the achievement, if the IQ shows that he's a good strong candidate, I'm inclined to just use the scores we have with a note explaining the missing subtests. If they need more, from what I've read here, they're pretty good about asking rather than just outright rejecting the application. The WIAT was going to be another $200 at least, so I think it's worth it to wait.

A few of the places I called pushed for the full work-up, but we're really just trying to find out what we're eligible for (there's a couple of schools here and then, of course, DYS). Other than DYS, I'm not looking to change his schooling right now, but it would be nice to know there are options. I'm trying not to dream too big, we don't have the test yet, even applying for anything isn't a forgone conclusion at this point. But I just keep thinking of DYS's educational support person who will help me figure out what to do with/for him and then having access to possibly local kids and parents...it makes my heart go pitter-patter, lol.

Oh, and Dottie, I'm pretty sure the interpretation is the 1 hour conference at the end. A couple of the places mentioned a summary report and talking briefly about the results. I'll make sure before we decide for sure which office we're going with, but I would definitely expect more than a sheet of unintelligible scores for what they charge!

Thus ends another epic-length post from me!

Last edited by mamaandmore; 08/13/08 06:58 AM. Reason: adding a note I forgot