Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment She'll be tested with the WISC 1V....what should

look for? Is there a way to prepare? We need some help with her school, it's a private Catholic school and she's had some behavioral issues in 3rd grade. We've always known she's bright......what should we know about this test, if anything?
Thanks for any help.....

You can't prepare in the sense of studying, but you should talk with her about the testing process. Here is a link to a good article about preparing your child for IQ testing:
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/test_prep.htm

Cat

Thanks Catalana,
That does help! I do appreciate the link.....

Very Nice Article!
The one thing I would add is that it's ok to answer even you have to guess - there is no penalty for a wrong guess. Try not to say "I don't know" - it's better to say aloud what goes through your head if you don't know the answer, because lots of times we know more than we are certain of. In some of life's situations it's important not to answer unless we know 'for sure' - this is quite the opposite.

Good Luck!
Grinity

Grinity,
Thanks so much for that! Dd is one of those who "has to be right". If she's not positive of the answer I could totally see her saying, "I don't know the answer."
But you're right, of course, our instinct kicks in and we do know more than we think.
I appreciate this tip, and I appreciate you too!!!!

I'm so glad you are here NowWhat!

NowWhat?

Post up a storm!

Do you get to watch the testing? We didn't. My DS loved his testing day.

Grinity,
Not sure if I get to watch the testing.....is it something I want to watch? LOL, is it like a train wreck? Just not sure.....I'm betting the answer is no.
Thanks so much for your help.

Most testers will not allow parents to observe, but there are a few here and there that will. I am not sure whether it is good or not. Since I have 2 kiddos, I know that even knowing a couple of questions (from the report or psych comments) was stressful enough. I mean knowing that second child would get a certain specific question in a couple of years.... whenever something came up by chance, I felt like cheating if I answered a question she had for example.

I digress... what I do know is that it was very nice for me to get an idea of the results right after the test before getting the full report.

Little'un was WISC'ed - quite painless, but the results may need some interpretation. Some fellow posters on here will help you if you need help I'm sure.

The main thing is whatis done with the test results - in my experience (only MY experience) the teaching "professionals" file the report under 'bin' and carry on regardless.

I was only allowed in the testing during the 2nd and 3rd years (it was a gifted preschool that required it). For the SBV testing for Hunter, DD was 4 and parents were not in.

We retested for results we could keep and use for CTY and it was the WISC and we were not in but DD5 was very cool. It took 1.5 hours and there was a short break an hour in.

Ren