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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks to everyone (except the troll) for all of your posts. We put in a parent referral when our son's CogAt and NNAT scores came back too low for the pool. His teacher was surprised by his scores (CogAt 124 and NNAT 118 ) and suggested the parent referral. We fully expected him to not be selected that round, but wanted to buy time (raise $) to get him tested and then appeal. We had him take the WISC (scores below) and submitted an appeal based on that new information. 
FSIQ 129
GAI  144
VCI  134
PRI  139
WMI 113
PSI    91
I am concerned by the low PSI scores, not because it may keep him out of the level IV center - we'll be fine if that happens, but because it may indicate some type of learning disability (i.e. dysgraphia). He has always struggled with fine motor skills and does have an IEP for speech articulation. I took him to Child Find when he was 3 to check on both those areas but was told he was functioning at a level typical for his age. We worked on the fine motor skills with the help of an OT friend and enrolled him in private speech therapy. He was later found eligible for speech late in his kindergarten year, yet has continued to struggle with the physical process of writing. We plan to follow up with testing for LD. He does not show any signs of ADD/ADHD, etc. His GBRS score was a 13. He is well-liked by his teachers, friends, and sports teammates. His report cards show mostly 0's, but some scattered G's and even some S's for writing, spelling, etc. He reads like crazy (finished all the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson books and is now starting The Hobbit). Has anyone had a child with similar struggles? If so, how did you handle it? So far, we've always told him everyone has strengths and weaknesses, etc, but I'm wondering if we need to look into further intervention.
Thanks for any advice you may offer.[/quote]

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