Thank you so much for your time Cricket2.

Yes, he was in OT throughout most of elementary school for sensory issues and the dysgraphia. He also went through some pretty time-intensive OT sessions with Tomatis therapy, during which he'd spend 15-18 hours a week in OT--much of that time was spent working on writing issues while he did the listening therapy. So I'd say he had pretty extensive OT, although due to insurance changes he hasn't had it since age 10. I've also worked with him one-on-one on it very seriously for the entire 6 years of homeschooling. He just can't seem to make a breakthrough.

I finally resorted to allowing him to type his assignments so the dysgraphia wouldn't hold him back. Between that and audio textbooks, he's been able to come a LONG way academically. The core issues remain though, and I'm so concerned that while he is academically able to handle HS/College work, the dyslexia/dysgraphia/executive problems will prevent him from doing so independently. He leans on me quite a bit between dictating papers to me, oral exams, and me covering the executive issues.

I ended up looking here because I realized that his ACT scores were at the high end for the Duke TIP and I wondered what the next level up might be. I was so excited to see the mention of 2E counseling--and dug up his other test scores to see how far off he was on the Verbal score for Davidson. We have several 99% from WJIII tests (we do it yearly for our state requirements) but I'm seeing there is a long way between 99% and 99.9%. I'm glad I found this site though, I've found lots of great info on these boards about the testing gaps.

I've noticed much discussion of VCI, PRI, and GAI scores here, though those exact terms were nowhere on the test report. When you say VCI, is that just the Verbal score alone? Is there a way for me to determine those? That would really help me in applying what I'm learning from old posts.

Also, how rare is such a large gap--the 85 processing speed vs the 136 verbal were quite shocking to me, as well as the 70 on writing fluency. With writing accommodation and oral exams he is doing 9th grade work and is starting his 3rd semester of dual enrollment community college classes. I'm having a hard time with the realization that these writing/executive issues aren't going to work themselves out with maturity as I'd hoped. I really appreciate your feedback. I feel overwhelmed being the sole teacher and guidance counselor for him as we progress through high school. There are too many big decisions that don't fit the normal LD or gifted profile.

Thanks again!

Last edited by Indy; 12/14/10 02:28 PM.