Hi. I am new to the forum! I have an 8 yr old daughter that may be 2E and I would just love some input. From a very young age, people have always commented on how smart and precocious she is. This always is the case when somebody first meets her. She has always been very verbally expressive. I noticed that she had difficulty memorizing her letters when she was in a Montessori preschool. Now, as a third grader, she is just below grade level with spelling and punctuation and simple math. She is excelling in other areas of LA, but we read a lot at home. I feel like she should be reading much faster by now. It seems like she is slowly having a more difficult time in school each year. Her teacher is great this year and understands her, so it has been good for her. She is an only child and has always been fairly difficult with a TON of energy. When she was in 2nd grade, she took a test to determine whether or not she would qualify in the gifted program, and she tested in the 99th percentile for the intellectual giftedness part. So they did further testing (WISC-V), and she ended up in the 94th percentile, and so did not qualify for the gifted program. They don't actually do anything for the gifted kids at her school anyway due to lack of funding, and I don't think she would do well. (unless it was in the performing arts!) So this year, I discussed my worry about a potential LD with the school psychologist. In December, she gave my daughter the WoodcockJohnson Tests of Achievement, Fourth Edition.
her results:
reading 57th percentile
math 32
broad math 39
math calc skills 32
written language 53
academic skills 47
academic applications 69
brief achievement avg.
letter-word id avg
applied problems avg
passage comp. avg
calculations avg.
writing samples high avg.
math facts fluency low avg.
After seeing these results, I feel like there is major disconnect between the two test results. Regardless, she does not qualify for help, even though I see her struggle. Her math teacher said it is strange how she can understand fairly complex ideas and then a math fact like 12-7 blows her mind.
I don't know where to go from here. Should I have her evaluated by an educational psychologist? Do they have another name? because I can't seem to find one in my area. I appreciate any feedback as to whether or not you think she might be 2e. I feel like the second test makes it look like she has an LD and might not be gifted at all, but I obviously don't know how to interpret these tests. Thanks.
