As you can see by my display name, this is all very new to me and my wife, so we are very happy that we found this resource today during our 'Googling'. To make a long story short, we took our DS6 (I'm learning the abbreviations- is there a Glossary somewhere?) to a psychologist today whose specialized services include gifted testing. DS took the WISC IV test and scored a 156 (scores below). As the Dr. explained this to us in detail my wife and I experienced a number of emotions - pride, shock, awe, fear, confusion, etc. There are so many resources out there and we are just getting started down this road, I was hoping we could get some direction on what we should be doing. I can tell you what we are currently doing:
- updated DS's Kindergarten teacher (she is reaching out to the school gifted program coordinator; some initial discussions around skipping 1st grade next year)
- begin researching local private gifted schools and planning visits (not sure if it is financially feasible, but we want to understand the options)
- apply to the DYS program?
Questions:
- should we schedule other tests to confirm these results?
- should we try to get him in private school? Or, will our school district gifted program be sufficient to provide what he needs?
Thanks in advance, it's great to know this resource is here for us. Any and all input is welcome.
Scores
VCI 132 (15,16,15) 98%
PRI 147 (19, 15, 19) 99.9%
WMI 150 (19, 19, 19) >99.9%
PSI 133 (15, 17) 99%
FSIQ 156 >99.9%
