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    #46556 05/04/09 07:46 PM
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    hi
    i just joined the board but have been reading for a while.
    my DD is 4 years 10 months and we just finally got her tested after years of both wonderful and perplexing behavior that we now know to be giftedness. Though her scores are good, they don't meet DYS cutoff. I am wondering if it makes sense to retest.. either to rule out ceiling effect (she got one 19).. or for the possiblity she just has a "better day" and can bring her score up 3 points.. any ideas appreciated.

    WPSSI-IV

    VIQ: 145
    PIQ: 140
    Processing speed index: 131
    FSIQ: 147

    Sub tests
    Information 19
    Vocabulary 17
    Word Reasoning 16
    Block Design 17
    Matrix Reas. 15
    Pic. Concepts 17
    Coding 17


    thanks in advance

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    Might be better to wait for her to get a little older. Scores for children her age are not always very stable.

    Patricia

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    Great scores -- congrats to your dd. That 17 in coding is noteworthy -- wow!

    If I were in your position (and I was -- ds-then-5y5m with a WPPSI FS 148, PIQ 144, VIQ 143), I'd either wait until she's 6 and retest with the WISC, or apply with the scores she's got and a portfolio. I wouldn't bother with another WPPSI, but if you really want to retest now, you could try the SB5. If you're not having immediate issues that need advocacy, though, that's a lot of cash to tell you again that your kid is pretty gosh-darn smart, just to try for DYS.

    Of course, waiting doesn't always work either! We tried a WISC just after ds turned 6, but he was so suspicious of the tester that she called off the whole thing after two subtests (ds kept asking, "Are you trying to trick me?" So we decided to take a break from unnecessary testing and went with the portfolio and qualifying+ achievement scores for DYS; ds was not accepted from his scores alone, but he was accepted with the scores and a pretty strong portfolio.

    For you, portfolio might be worth a shot. Did you have achievement testing done? A strong achievement profile, a strong portfolio, and almost-there IQ results might be worth a go. OTOH, they do have their cut-offs, and they have every right to enforce them! smile

    Either way, DYS or not, your dd is clearly a bright cookie. We enrolled ds at a gifted school for first grade and we are very, very happy with it. Welcome, and good luck!


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