Hi, I have been browsing the topics here but this is the first time I post.
My DS is 9 year old and just finished 3rd grade in a good public school. He started to have issues in 2nd grade with anger management. The school recommended to have him tested for GATE. He scored 138 total in OLSAT with 142 in verbal and 126 in non-verbal at the end of 2nd grade.
We see a counselor specialized in gifted kids for about a year now. At the beginning consultation helped a lot but at the end of 3rd grade he refused to do homework and had various issues at school.
He is very good at math, 1st place in math contest at school level. He is also advanced in reading. Reading comprehension is probably one of his strongest traits. He has issues with writing, especially creative writing. We can extract complex ideas from him at home but he struggles to put ideas on paper by himself. DS is also seeing a speech therapist to correct pronunciation. He speaks at a very high speed so it is hard for his peers and teacher to understand him, which creates social issues.
All of the above factors prompted us to consider transferring him to a gifted private school and do a full neuropsychological test.
The psychologist won't have the full report until August. Since we are talking to the private gifted school, we asked for the IQ test portion only. The psychologist tested him on WISC-V and she says he is missing the gifted school admission mark by 4, meaning 126 FSIQ. My translation of her message is fluid reasoning >130
visual-spatial reasoning between 125 and 130.
verbal comprehension, working memory, and processing speed falling in the high average range, meaning between 110 and 119.
We can see working memory being an issue because of his poor executive function. Processing speed is also very possible to be a weak link because he sometimes thinks too much, which slows down his response time. What really surprised us is the difference in verbal scores between WISC-V and OLSAT. I understand that OLSAT is not an IQ test but DS seems to be very capable at understanding reading material, reasoning verbally, drawing inferences, etc. He will struggle with formulating ideas on the fly but I don't know if WISC-V tests that. I asked the psychologist what could impact the score, she ruled out poor attention, diminished effort, and problems with motivation and persistence.
Could someone help me to rationalize the big drop in verbal performance? Really appreciate your thoughts.
