2014 AAP Appeal/WISC Scores

[Anonymous]

My DS got in on appeal - NNAT 132, CogAT 128, WISC 129

[Anonymous]

So all the folks here who got the WISC done for their DC, did you go to GMU or the psychologist who is mentioned repeatedly here on the AAP forum.
Does where you get the WISC test done play any part in the screening process ? is it important to get it done at GMU ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So all the folks here who got the WISC done for their DC, did you go to GMU or the psychologist who is mentioned repeatedly here on the AAP forum.
Does where you get the WISC test done play any part in the screening process ? is it important to get it done at GMU ?

We submitted the WISC with the initial parent referral (although DS was already in pool). The WISC was done at Children's as part of evaluation for ADHD.

[Anonymous]

Please share your DS WISC Score, was it 130 + or 140+ . This will give us an idea what our chances are for getting accepted.

[Anonymous]

Does where you get your child tested for WISC have any bearing on the chances of being accepted ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does where you get your child tested for WISC have any bearing on the chances of being accepted ?

It should not be.
Our AART said that GMU is the preferred provider. I did question what a "preferred provider" meant since all providers are administering the exact same test. She couldn't answer that question.

We did not go to GMU because I wanted to have a provider who can give us feedback about our kid beyond the just the numerical scores.
Sure we wanted the WISC primarily to use for the AAP referral but we also knew that if the score wasn't great, that we'd use the information to supplement our kid's education, with or without AAP.
We did go to Dr. Dahlgren who has the reputation at DCUM for "giving" high WISC scores guaranteed for AAP admission.
Must be an urban legend because our kid did not get those super high WISC scores that DCUM said Dr. Dahlgren "gives."
We did pay an extra fee to get a more in-depth discussion and analysis of our kid's abilities.
We put a comprehensive package together based on the tons of data we had about our kid, treating the WISC score as highly valid but only as just one data point.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand this ..so every one who gets accepted either uses GMU or Dr Dahlgren. So if we got the WISC done some place else the AAP office will not believe the scores ?

[Anonymous]

Well, the majority of people accepted, don't have WISC scores at all. We had WISC scores for my DD because she had had a psychoeducational eval. She was in the pool, and we did not submit those scores with the initial application. She got in first round.

I think that many people go to GMU because they are a large facility with a lot of testers, so they can do a lot of WISC testing in the short time frame required by the appeals process. People who do this kind of testing don't usually do it full time and often may not have availability at the time when people need it done for an appeal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand this ..so every one who gets accepted either uses GMU or Dr Dahlgren. So if we got the WISC done some place else the AAP office will not believe the scores ?

My child got in, no outside testing done at all.

[Anonymous]

I am the poster from 07/18/2014 11:38 - We got our WISC score from an INOVA research study that DS participated in at age 6. So GMU and Dr. Dahlgren are not the only places that FCPS accepts. DS's results were almost 2 years old and that didn't seem to matter.