Thank you all for your replies! Grinity - We haven't done any achievement testing. Do you think this is something that we should do now, or wait a little bit? I don't know much about this kind of testing! I have read before that if your child has many 17, 18 or 19 subset scores on WPPSI, that they would probably get a higher score with the Stanford Binet L-M. Do you have any experience with this test? Is this something we should consider? Thank you again!
My guess is that you were told that about the
Stanford Binet V (five), which would have been a better choice for your child in the first place, but fewer tester are certified to perform it.
I think that the scores you have show a child who is 'mighty unusual' so I wouldn't recommend either SB-LM, or SB-V at this moment, perhaps around age 7 or if a reason comes up. If you are looking at the overall scores and not believing me that your kiddo is 'mighty unusual' ask the tester how often they have seen either score for verbal
or performance, then ask how often they've seen a kid with
both. Mighty unusual would be my guess.
I like the idea of getting the camcorder out, and I would suggest you go ahead and schedule the achievement test. It doesn't really give info on grade placement, but it's the go-to test to answer the question: 'pinch me - is what I'm seeing on the IQ test really true?' Which given your child's scores it the 'correct' reaction to be having. If you pick an achievement test that will also qualify for DYS, that's a great side benefit, and if you are going to apply, you may as well get it over with and done, before the IQ tests are old and out of date. Trust me, time flies and it's easy for these kinds of concerns to drift back into denial. Not that the behaviors or needs go away, it's just that we sort of forget that we already know the answer, often because the implications are so yucky - it means we have to tell all the local experts that they are just plain in the dark about our kid - yuck!
Yes, just spend the money, get the achievement test, and pray that 'whatever's best' will be the case. If the camcorder idea seems onerous, don't bother, but if it seems like what you'd be doing anyway - go ahead. Afterall, you owe it to your child to have some thing to share when the grandchildren start acting outside the norms, and the grown children what to know 'where did this come from? Have you ever seen a kid like this, Ma?'
Love and More Love,
Grinity
