Hi! My son's preschool teacher directed me to the Davidson's website. After looking over the requirements, it seems my son does not qualify at this time, but I'm happy to have use of this forum!
We had him tested in November, to get an idea of where he falls on the gifted spectrum. I always had a feeling of him being "ahead" but not "gifted" until his teacher used the word. He did learn to read at 2.5, but he has always loved letters, so we kind of just thought, "Oh look how cute, he reads."
I also have 7 month old twins, so I have not been able to fully research anything like this until now. (My twins were 3 months old when he was tested.) Anyways, onto the scores,
WPPSI-III
Verbal I.Q. 147 Very Superior
Performance I.Q. 129 Superior
Full Scale I.Q. 139 Very Superior
WJ-III (He only did part of this one, to measure his reading ability)
Subtest Grade Equiv. Stand.Score %-ile
BROAD READING COMPOSITE 2.6 129 97
Letter-Word Identification 3.1 136 99
Reading Fluency 2.3 121 92
Passage Comprehension 2.1 121 92
BROAD MATH COMPOSITE
Calculation 2.1 122 93
Math Fluency --- --- ---
Applied Problems 1.0 97 42
(The psych administering the test said he wasn't able to get a valid score on the math portion of the WJ-III)
So my questions are as follows, generally speaking, I know this is highly individual, but looking for a starting point here, how are kids that fall in this range schooled best? His preschool teacher keeps mentioning homeschooling him, which I never really considered. The psych doing the eval said he would be a "fish out of water" at public school, but looking at the hoagies website, it doesn't seem like his scores place him in the range of the student that requires highly differentiated curriculum. So I'm a tad confused.
He is in Montessori now, and according to his teacher doing well, but having some focusing problems. He also has trouble making friends even though he desperately craves the social interaction. He's a quirky kid, so its hard for him to relate to other kids. He also has some fine motor delay, mostly because he refuses to practice.
Also, I imagine I will want to retest him at some point. I see lots of conflicting info on the best time to test, anywhere from 6-9.
I have reading a lot on this topic, I just finished Ruf's levels of gifted book. I feel that my DS is a level 3 or 4, I find the levels a little hard to differentiate between at times.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
