It�s more that, as gratified says, I�d like to know whether with his WPPSI scores he�s 1/1000, 1/10,000, or 1/20,000. I�m pretty sure he�s closer to the 1/1000 level, but knowing where he falls would give me a little more drive to decide whether a grade skip is truly called for.
I'm a little confused by the above. Are you saying that if your kid is 'really' 1/1000 you'd be less likely to push for the skip and if the kid is 1/10,000 then you'd be more likely? LOL!
Sigh, yes, I guess that is what I was saying ... but not that I wouldn't try for that grade skip anyway. I guess I've heard "We get kids like this all the time" so often lately that, once again, I'm starting to doubt myself. I need to knock that off and just go for it all out, because I think he needs it.
But that's the thing, though -- does he *need* it? Would he live if he doesn't get grade skipped? Sure. He'd probably be just fine. Would he be challenged with his schoolwork? No. Would he learn good study habits? No, probably not, though he still might. Do I think it'd be better to skip him? Absolutely. Do I think he'd socially and emotionally do great with a skip? Yep, I do.
But I'm not convinced that it's the only way to educational fulfillment. Maybe that's why I'm looking for more confirmation that he really is that out there with the SB L-M. I think he is, and his WPPSI and WIAT results seem to confirm that. So I should probably just leave well enough alone and go with what we've got, which is nothing to sneeze at.
As for the "normal childhood" thing -- I was skipped and I had a "normal" childhood, so that's the least of my concerns. I strongly feel that "normal" childhood has more to do with the child and how their social skills are than it does with any skips, per se.
