ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS!!!
Yes Dottie, it was the DAS-II. And it was given individually. He does have some splintered levels - even on the Nonverbal Reasoning Ability tscore:111, it was made of Sequential & Quanitiative Reasoning: tscore 69, 97th% and then Matrices: tscore 46 34th% - for a combined score of 111.
Thanks Grinity for the comment about the difference in skills causing behavior and being disconcerting. never thought of that, and its a good point. i think he's a bit adhd too. Love the idea of letting him spend time in older classrooms to see if behavior improves.
Ironically, the school won't promote him to a higher grade b/c of his behaviors but they're doing NOTHING to help with the behavior. and then they tell me that his behavior is not affecting his learning! but he hasn't learned a thing there.
Thanks Cricket2 for letting me know uneven scores can be common at a young age. Also, how can he even have an opportunity for high acheivement at school if they won't give him anything to work on? Just do it at home?
Grinity, my son has not learned a thing in K. and he is NOT "learning how to work at learning" . its so frustrating.
I have a meeting with the school this thursday morning to go over what to do. we had an SST in the beginning of the year, but the teacher isn't really following it, then the academic testing and BASC-2 (behavior assesment). Most recent, an OT eval (which showed no sensory issues) and a behavior analyst come in to see why he's acting the way he is. boredom is definetly one of the factors. So thats what our meeting is about this thursday - going over the 2 most recent evals, and to see if the school is willing to implement a behavior plan, and change the way he spends his time at school. frustrating b/c we're doing all this testing, but nothing is really changing in the classroom. i'm between a rock and a hard place.
We did also the WJIII achievement - which also showed a range. the lowest was SS 106, GE of 1.1 on Math Fluency b/c he quit testing even though there was more time - he just said he was done. the highest was on Story Recall-Delayed SS136 and grade equivelant of >17.8. most scores put him in a GE between 2.1 - 2.9 2nd was 1st grade, then some in 3rd grade, 1 in 4th and 1 in 11th. overall, stronger in language/reading than math.
Our school does have GATE, but it doesn't start until 4th grade.
its like they're not doing anything to help him be successful, not setting him up for success, instead focusing on the fact that he is disruptive in class - cheif complaint is not following directions the first time, and being disrespectful, ie talking back to teachers. But not doing anything to get ahead of those behaviors. like the fact that he's bored, unstimulated, and frustrated.
I think they just want him to fit in the box. He is sooooo outside of all the boxes!
Wow, thank you gals for your insight and sharing your experiences. Everyone gave me helpful information. wish me luck for Thursday! and feel free to give me ANY AND ALL advice!!!
Cheers!