Hello,
Our son recently saw a psychologist for anxiety possible ASD issues, and one of the things the psych did was give him an IQ test (WISC V). He'd had one a few years ago (WISC IV) and scored high verbal, high perceptual reasoning and average working memory and processing speed.
I was surprised by the results, which were:
Verbal-136-99%
Visual Spatial-126-96%
Fluid Reasoning-128 99%
Working Memory-132-98%
Processing Speed-80-9%
FSIQ 129 (137*) 97(99*)
*Prorated score because of processing discrepancy
The subtests for processing speed were:
Coding-7
Symbol Search-6
I was concerned about the processing speed, because it seemed to point toward an underlying issue I was not aware of, and the psych brought up occupational therapy.
After thinking about this for a while, I asked my son, and he said he didn't know he was timed. I downloaded a sample coding exercise from the web, and I took it and then he took it, and his scores did not seem to be particularly bad compared to mine.
How would I approach this with the psych without sounding like a defensive parent? Could I ask the psych to administer a alternate subtest (cancellation) just to see if there was some kind of error? The test was not for any particular purpose, but schools will see it if we apply to middle schools. Or are there some other ways I could determine if there is an underlying issue or not?
Thanks!
Last edited by suelyon; 02/17/16 03:18 AM.
