Hello, all,
I have worked to make this coherent and short, I hope I do well!
I am thrilled to see that you all are more well versed regarding these issues than I am. I thought I knew a thing or two about gifted kids and testing and then I found you all! Wow.
I would like to apply to DYS for my children.
Kid #1)
Weschler IV - had a verbal score of 152, but overall IQ was just 141.
Kid #2)
WPPSI had an overall of 146, yet they want 150. The 146 is actually in the 99.9th percentile, too.
Both exhibit the signs of HG kids and I have been struggling alone to find them challenges and good placements. I would love the aid of DYS! I have an appt soon to get them tested in the achievement area, older will use the WJ achievement, younger (she is 5) the WIAT. I can put together a good portfolio, I think. I am a little nervous that the achievement won't match the IQ.
Any advice so far? Do these scores qualify them so far?
Lastly, I have read quite a bit about ceiling effects and these Weschler tests. Both kids hit several sub test ceilings, but here in suburbia, not at all a metropolitan area, school psychologists don't understand why I am inquiring about further IQ testing using the SB V. Does this seem like folly to you, that I am interested in further IQ testing? I thought that the ceiling effect was real, not just a ploy to test further.
Thanks so much to you all,
Elizabeth
