Unfortunately I signed and turned in the permission to evaluate and never made a copy of it. As far as I can recall it was just a generic permission slip with nothing specific written on it (no specific tests listed/no areas of concern). They had sent out this huge packet with about 7 different rating scales for me to fill out and I never thought to copy any of the material. I suppose I could ask to look at it, but then I would have to confront them on the spot, in person, and I am not prepared for that. I suppose I will keep it in my back pocket in case I need any legal leverage.
While I was there the last time they gave me an additional thing to fill out about the gifted characteristics of DS. I particularly disliked this form as it is something they actually use for admission to the gifted program and I think the vast majority of it doesn't even relate to giftedness, especially in 2E kids. It asks about imaginary friends (DS never had one, let alone multiple complex ones), early talking (DS did talk early, but many gifted kids don't), early reading (ditto), high empathy (not likely to be present in young kids with ASD), creative output, artistic talent, etc. I filled it out because I had to, but I will not be happy if my honesty keeps DS out of the gifted program. Plus I am not one to want anything to do with "selling" my DS. I hardly see how his early motor skills relate to his current academic needs regardless.
I am very happy to hear that the testers reticence may just be standard procedure. I have been worried that if he scores too low on the IQ test our current placement at the private gifted school may be at risk as well. His school doesn't have an official cutoff, but they exist to serve the gifted kids who are at DYS level. I was so surprised we got in, but it turns out they used the abbreviated IQ from the SB5 as well as considering DS's strong math and visual spatial skills. Plus apparently DS killed it in the interview (hard to believe!)
Since I told the school we were doing testing with the district to address the reading and writing concerns I'm pretty much going to have to share the results with them. But now that I know that the behavior of the tester could just be standard school protection stuff and not a reflection on how DS did I am going to sleep better while waiting for the results to come in.
I'm also happy to know we have more options with the LD testing. It does concern me though that for fluency and comprehension she can only test him with first grade text. DS was reading at a first grade level in preschool, so obviously fluency concerns won't show up at that level. And since his comprehension deficits are mostly with inference and not fact recall, first grade text won't show much there either. Plus with him reading at about a second grade level without any real progress for about 2 years I worry that he will just fall further and further behind. I'm wondering if they are thinking his skills are just "evening out" in preparation for that big third grade reset?
At any rate, thanks so much for helping with the wait. I am the sort who will worry no matter what, but I can drop it down a notch now as I now have a new and more positive plausible explanation. Thanks
