What IQ does your AAP-accepted child have?

[Anonymous]

IQ is 166, which we only know because he has an IEP. He is not in the AAP center program since they can't support him socially/emotionally though. It is a shame b/c academically, he should be placed in that class. I think FCPS does not do a good job with gifted/special needs children.

[Anonymous]

I'm familiar with a normal distribution. That doesn't mean that there is a bigger difference between a 120 and a 130 vs. a 130 and 140.

Agreed. I'm a statistician and I have no idea what that means. There are fewer people with IQs in the range of 130 to 140 vs people in the range of 120 to 130. There may also be more qualitative differences in the experiences of people in those ranges as well.

I have 2 kids, both in AAP, both tested with the WISC for reasons having nothing to do with AAP. One has a FSIQ of 129 and the other of 146. I can tell you the 146 kid struggles a lot more in almost ALL ways than the 129 kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IQ is 166, which we only know because he has an IEP. He is not in the AAP center program since they can't support him socially/emotionally though. It is a shame b/c academically, he should be placed in that class. I think FCPS does not do a good job with gifted/special needs children.

It certainly is not consistent from school to school, and not from teacher to teacher. Have you contacted the AAP central office? We have had (some) gains using the central office approach.

[Anonymous]

I am surprised that kids with IQs in the 130 are not getting "in" and others with scores in the 120s are. Regardless of in class behavior and work examples an IQ in the 130s is Gifted. My child was accepted, i am not upset at all. For these cases it would be nice to have an AAP Center in every school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IQ is 166, which we only know because he has an IEP. He is not in the AAP center program since they can't support him socially/emotionally though. It is a shame b/c academically, he should be placed in that class. I think FCPS does not do a good job with gifted/special needs children.

It certainly is not consistent from school to school, and not from teacher to teacher. Have you contacted the AAP central office? We have had (some) gains using the central office approach.

Thanks for caring. He has severe anxiety and does best in a small class setting. FCPS "clusters" its special ed supports at certain elementary schools, and they don't offer "small AAP classes".

[Anonymous]

One has WISC FS 132, the other 134. But, they both have ADD, so their is a significant spread between PS & WM vs VCI & nonverbal (up to 2SDs). Both have GAIs in the 140S. So yes, they are the 2e kids DCUMers love to hate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One has WISC FS 132, the other 134. But, they both have ADD, so their is a significant spread between PS & WM vs VCI & nonverbal (up to 2SDs). Both have GAIs in the 140S. So yes, they are the 2e kids DCUMers love to hate.

I could have written this post -- sure you are not describing my two kids?