Reply to Fairfax County GT/AAP Appeals.

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "Fairfax County GT/AAP Appeals. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Also, an IQ is an IQ ... it's not like it's going to change substantially with practice... nor should it.  Has anyone here ever found vast differences retaking a WISC?[/quote]

We saw a vast difference in WISC FSIQ scores in a "before and after" scenario for my DS with ADHD. The first time he did the WISC (at age 6 as part of an evaluation for ADHD and anxiety) he did okay but his working memory and processing speed were in the average range. Two years later we were working with a psychiatrist to add medication (after two years of play and talk therapy) and DS had much higher working memory and processing speed scores. The verbal and perceptual reasoning scores were roughly the same, though.[/quote]

I just looked up the scores:

Before therapy/meds:
Verbal Comprehension 152
Perceptual  Reasoning 131
Working Memory 107
Processing Speed 100

After therapy/starting meds (2 years later):
Verbal Comprehension 148
Perceptual  Reasoning 135
Working Memory 126
Processing Speed 123

Both WISCs were done privately (first at Children's Medical HALP clinic, second with Diana Dahlgren).[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics