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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just found this forum, been searching for answers on a similar issue. Ran into so many problems this year (5th grade) in school with executive functioning issues. We ended up pulling her out of public school early and putting her in a smaller private school to finish out the year.

Daughter's WISC-IV:

Verbal Comprehension -- 79% (112 standard score)
Perceptual Reasoning -- 99.5% (139 standard score)
Working Memory -- 1% (62 standard score)
Processing Speed -- 58% (103 standard score)

Full Scale -- 75%

Psychologist says largest descripancy she's ever seen in 30 years between two subtests. Teacher kept saying there was "no educational impact" because her grades were good even though they started to drop and she started to fall apart. She's so bright but seems to have a processing overload by the end of the day. Not ADHD, no behavioral issues -- kind of kid that falls through the cracks. Word retrieval issues though. Anyone run into this or have any thoughts? Thanks.[/quote]

Again, it is irresponsible to report a FSIQ with these scores! Why are psychologists doing that? It is like taking the average of 2 and 10 (6) and then saying that 6 is the same as 2 or the same as 10. It does not offer any meaningful information and should not be written in the report. Your daughter is obviously very smart and probably a very hard worker who has implemented some of her own strategies and compensated for her processing deficit, and that is why she does not qualify for special ed. - and why she is so spent at the end of the day. It's great that she has the internal resources to be so academically successful. If she has executive functioning issues, could it be ADD (without the H)? Those are often one and the same.[/quote]

My child actually had an IEP for 3 years based on an Expressive Language Disorder. SHe LOST the IEP at the beginning of the year. Disorder still there, it didn’t magically disappear. We just didn’t realize our rights and the school told us she wasn’t eligible for services anymore based on test results. Turns out the test results were inconclusive because they were incomplete. Have an attorney to work with us now. We had an internal plan in place but the teacher chose not to follow it. My daughter’s strengths managed to mask her weaknesses. Her grades are ok but not great. It’s the internal frustration of our child that was so overlooked. Teacher didn’t seem to care that she was suffering from panic attacks, not able to ask questions that she wanted to ask, and was so wiped out at the end of the day she couldn’t do a thing to prepare for the next day. Our child is able to recognize something isn’t right. She can strategize to a degree, but it takes its toll. She ended up crashing and eventually didn’t want to go to school. What a horrible year.  [/quote]

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