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Mountainmom -I went back and re-read your previous post you linked to above.... It sounds like a private eval would be really helpful for your dd. Has she had a neuropsych or other type of private educational eval?

Re the inflated IQ scores - I don't think it should happen, but we were warned way back when our ds was being tested for our gifted program in kindergarten that if we sought out private testing to be sure we had the testing done through a reputable psych that the district trusted.... The district staff told us there were some psychologists who inflated scores. When our dd was tested at 5 with her high scores it was through one of those psychs... We didn't seek her out due to that! We went to her because we were seeking help with anxiety and she has a great reputation with young children and treating anxiety. When she administered dd's iq test she spread it over several visit and spent a lt f time getting to know dd and getting dd to have fun with her. So who knows.... Maybe that test is really who dd is and her next two iq estimates were low because the other evaluators didn't spend the same amount of time. At the time I was surprised her iq results were so high but my sister wasn't at all and told me she had thought dd was gifted all along. I remember we changed a bit of the things we exposed dd to and how we related questions a d expectations and she responded well so we assumed the test was right and moved forward. Her performance at school has never come close to gifted.... But she's had other challenges. That's part of the reason we had the tried set of testing done - I still wonded about ep why the second set of scores dropped....and now that I think about it I'm wondering again.... Off I go to ponder lol!

polarbear

Scores aside, we made the mistake of assuming DD4 was the same child as DD9. DD4 is a "difficult child" but it dawned on us only recently that part of her troubles come from trying to understand us. At her age, DD9 followed complex adult conversation quite easily. It became the norm in our house. Meanwhile DD4 is struggling like mad to not only be just like DD9, but to also comprehend what everyone else in the house is saying.

On a side note, for us IQ tests were only useful to open our eyes to understanding gifted issues and asynchrony, which we knew nothing about until the test. I don't trust the numbers much. A bad breakfast or flaky tester can skew enough points to mislabel a MG child PG and vice versa.

Yes... exactly. The child's behaviors should be more of a guide than the actual number.

Ok, that makes sense.

I actually called our school district prior to testing and she was actually recommended. She has worked for 19 years as a school psychologist for the district (worked with gifted and 2e children) so I think they consider her reputable.

I have exactly 15 points between my first two children. The elder is unquestionably 2e and the 15 point gap is profoundly on obvious in daily life. It's possible that #3 is our most gifted child and the gap between her and #1 may be more than 15 points. Although #1s FSIQ is rising as our remediation attempts are working (FSIQ could not be calculated at 7, but GAI around 125, FSIQ 131 at 9, though that was on the sb5, which does not test her weaknesses)