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I'd love to have your opinion (Dottie?) also on what to use if I need to submit his IQ scores for some program or other, the FSIQ or the GAI?

I believe that GAI is used when the FSIQ is depressed or inflated due to WMI and/or PSI being significantly different from the VCI and/or PRI scores. Since his FSIQ is so high, I'd suspect that neither WMI nor PSI was low. He's got the supporting skills in memory and speed so I'd see no reason to drop those two tests.

Thanks so much Cricket2 and Dottie! I'm glad to hear you think it's fantastic, Dottie . I was a little concerned about the Perceptual Reasoning scores. You don't think they are significantly lower? I think he did well but am wondering if there's some hidden problems he may have that I should be aware of.

LOL, thanks about the plane AND the explanation Dottie. Good to know. I'm such a newbie to testing! Hugs to you!