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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=SAM2]I think it's a great idea and should be very interesting.  If it were me, I'd go back to the same tester and make it clear to her you're just doing this to learn as much about your child as possible and see how he's doing.  She can best guide you on the most appropriate timing for the tests and any other considerations.

I seem to remember someone else posting a similar plan on DCUM a year or two ago.  I don't recall how it turned out.  You might check the archives to see if you can find her post, since it might include some good ideas.[/quote]

I think testing your child every year to get  an IQ measure on them is unhealthy. I assume that OP has a son or daughter and not a science experiment and there are equally good ways to "find out how he is doing" , such as: play with him, read to/with him, take him on walks in the woods and see how curious he is, have anothe rchild over and see how kind and generous he is or NOT. This , BTW, is all free . It is called parenting. The WIPPSI is a necessary evil because of the private school process. Actually, that is not even fully true. THe WIPPSI is a determining factor for those of us who do not offer other determining factors, like great wealth to the private schools. Even the testers themselves think that it is inappropriate to judge a child's intelligence at 3 or 4 years old. Worse, many kids bloom late and it grossly underestimates their potential. Here's a question: If a mother of a 3 year old is told that her child's IQ is 104, will she put as much money into stimulating classes and educational toys as if she is told her child has an IQ of 145 or will she subconsiously lower her expectations for that absolutely wonderful child and wrongly so.

To give you an analogy that perhaps you can relate to: how would you feel SAM2 if your spouse ran your earnings over the last year by a forensic accountant to see if you were earning to your potential based on your IQ , your degree and your work experience and she wanted you to go for this testing yearly, just to be sure that you were "developing appropriately" and "reaching your potentai" . Would that feel like being loved, to you?[/quote]

OP here, I am pretty sure that I mentioned that I thought that the testing was a small part of assessing DS's progress.  Thanks for defining "parenting" for me though, that was super helpful.  I realize now that I should let DS out of his cell under the stairs (where I study the effects of sensory deprivation on him) more often.  I do take him to the woods but that's only to force him to forage for roots that I make him eat as part of a long term experiment in human photosynthesis.  They laughed at me at the Institute but they'll see!  You'll all see!  Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Thanks to the folks who took the time to give useful answers though
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