Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment I'm mildly afraid to ask this question, but...

If it makes you feel any better, there was a large paragraph about my child's 'weird' nervous? reaction during the session (no parent there) written right into the published report, the one that ends up in every file. Gifted kids are 'quirkier' than other people. Your worry is part of the profile for a person who is more likely to have a gifted child. My family always called out my mom for being a worrier; take it as a compliment and a sign of human intelligence. Also, I love the paragraph about my child's 'unique' behavior because it reminds me of my grandfather who passed away but left us many of his gifted qualities. I think it sounds like everything went exactly as it would for a gifted family. Good Luck.

Thank you so much, Wesupportgifted - your post really gave me a bit of peace with the whole thing

I think we are just going to take a deep breath and try not to freak out about anything...hopefully the next session will be even smoother! (crossing fingers!)

If I were to imagine what DD8 might have been like at 4, had she been tested, then it probably would have looked about like what you have described. DD was the one at the 2-3 year-old "mommy and me" classes who would wander off from the group when it no longer suited her and would go play with something else. It was rather embarrassing that I often could not entice her to come back and participate if she decided she was "done." I knew she was bright, but compliant - uh, not so much. By the time she was 8, she had taken tests at school and DECIDED SHE wanted to do well - and I am happy to report, she tests very, very well.

On one hand, I am sure the tester is familiar with different personalities - perhaps he/she can figure it out? Otherwise, you might just have to wait a bit longer to get test results that really show his full abilities. Best of luck!

At 4yr9m my DD simply refused to do more of the coding than she wanted to (precisely two of each, correctly, then she was done and would not budge, she did this in half the available time). It did impact the coding subtest score. She had also lost all interest in some other subtests by the time she got up to her actual difficulty level. She still tested HG. However, tested 6 months later on the sb5, which took half the time and went straight in at her level due to the routing questions, she did test over half a standard deviation higher in fsiq (DYS level).

What's the test for? DD was tested with the WPPSI at 4 1/2 and did not want to play along, not at all. The write-up has a couple paragraphs detailing how she hid under the table, cried, required 37 snacks, and refused to answer the easy questions at all (then finally got into it when the questions got harder). The scores were still fine for what we needed them for, which was admission to a particular private school and her ADHD evaluation.

But, I will say that when she took the WISC this spring, at 8, and actually cooperated (and maybe even enjoyed herself), every single score went up more than 1 SD.