Thank you.
Autism was ruled out. The psychologist does think that verbal score is a huge contributing factor to her antisocial behavior, she just doesn't "get" other 4 yo. She is starting Speech Therapy as well as she is only 75% intelligible, which the psych thinks is also a large part of the problem, she likely knows she isn't speaking correctly and gets frustrated when people can't understand her.
Personal giftedness... Only one member of my family was ever tested, my brother, and he was high enough on the charts that they said the numbers were unreliable, 160-170's. Every child on my side of the family has been in a gifted and talented program, though.
DH's side is definitely smart but are coping with a slew of issues. Dyslexia, ADHD, bi-polar just to name a few. None of them have been tested. MIL said many of her test scores looked much like my daughter's. MIL is severely dyslexic, hence my concern.
As far of signs of gifted in her; let's say the results came as a complete shock. She can't write her name, does not know any letters other than the one starting her name, didn't potty train until 4. I was the mom at the playgroup looking a bit sad as all the mom's talked about the great things their kids did. Occasionally she would surprise me; "how may fish are on this diaper?" "Three, a whale is not a fish." at three years or singing a song she altered appropriately "I can ride my bike with one handle bar..." but for the most part I could tell she was struggling with a lot stuff, like dressing, drawing, memorization, etc.
They didn't figure out the eye contact thing though. She can't talk or listen to complex sentences and look you at the same time. Simple directions she looks away while you talk then stares briefly at you then does it. She is very quiet.
Wow, that is quite a bit!
Thanks for helping me with my questions. I am waiting impatiently for the full report and reading whatever I can before I bombard the psychologist with more questions. I want to be sure the questions I ask get the right answers
