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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have his IQ scores. [/quote]

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.[/quote]

Not the PP you're asking, but we had our kid's IQ scores as well. He's been tested twice. The first time was at age 5, the day after K ended, and was part of our own investigation into what was going on with our suddenly very unhappy, very distressed child who had, in the second half of the school year, been getting in trouble for all sorts of behavior like bothering classmates, walking away from assignments, etc. Result of that test: highly to profoundly gifted. [b]Age equivalency of anywhere from 8 (in his weakest area) to 24 (in his strongest area). Armed[/b] with this knowledge we made some changes in his life, resulting in a much happier kid who rarely got in trouble anymore.  Probably the most valuable thing we've ever learned about our kid because it helped us to get to WHY he was acting and feeling the way he was.

The second time was a year later (age 6) as part of the application process for a program for highly/profoundly gifted kids. Result: higher score than before and well over their 145 minimum requirement. He'll be attending the program next year beginning in 2nd grade.

Neither testing episode had anything to do with our parental egos. In the first case we were doing the academic equivalent of testing for a variety of diseases that could be causing his symptoms.  In the second case the testing was part of seeking the appropriate treatment for the disease.

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