Hi, I am brand new here and read this thread with interest as I am struggling to understand what is going on with my 8 yr old son who seems to have very similar issues.
I am lost as to where to turn and any and all advice is appreciated!
WISC score:
Verbal Comp 98th percentile (comp 13, vocab 16, similarities 16)
Perceptual Reasoning 97th percentile (block des. 13, picture cone 17, matrix reasoning 14)
Working memory 47th perc., digit span 7, letter number seq 13
Processing speed 16th perc., coding 5 symbol search 10
The psychologist had no explanation for these huge variations, other than "we all have our strengths and weaknesses". He scored ok but lower than expected based on his ability on the achievement tests (Woodcock Johnson)- and this is of great concern to me.
I recently had him tested with the SCAT test and he did not qualify for programs at John Hopkins (5 and 8 points off in math and verbal). My husband said he was VERY nervous. He has had NO previous testing experience as he is in 2nd grade at a montessori school where he has been since Pre-K.
I worry that there is an undiagnosed problem with coordination/ visual processing that is holding him back, or that the educational environment he is in is not right for him.
Any advice on where to go from here????
THANK YOU!!!
Terri
P.S. I should mention that he has been diagnosed with convergence insufficiency by an optometrist - is going to be evaluated further for that this week. I find it perplexing, since he was an early and gifted reader!
