ILmommaof2 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) ? Edited December 22, 2011 by ILmommaof2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2smartones Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 What kind of testing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILmommaof2 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 WISC-IV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 What do you want to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILmommaof2 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 can you tell me what this means? I know the large span can can cause some issues.. but what are they likely to be. He shows no signs of add or adhd. scaled composite percentile VCI 43 126 96 PRI 48 137 99.5 WMI 24 110 75 PSI 24 112 79 FSIQ 130 GAI 138 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 can you tell me what this means? I know the large span can can cause some issues.. but what are they likely to be. He shows no signs of add or adhd. I'm not an expert, but I do have two children with lower WMI/PSI than VCI/PRI scores. I think that your son's spread is likely to be in the "normal" range for gifted kids, meaning that gifted kids without LDs or ADHD or other issues tend to have somewhat lower WMI and PSI scores than their other scores. Here's an article from the Gifted Development Center about this issue: http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/About_GDC/whoaregiftd.htm In contrast, my older son is gifted and *does* have other issues, dyslexia and ADHD. His WMI and PSI scores have always been between 80 and 100 (9th-50th percentile) with the PSI consistently quite a bit lower than the WMI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychmom Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I do testing for a living (clinical psychologist) and while it's difficult to say much with so little info provided, I can say that the spread you reported is not that large. The WMI/PSI are certainly lower than the other two, but they are still above average (if they were in the 70-80 standard score range, it might be more of a concern). These tasks are more likely to be impacted by "outside" factors, such as fatigue, boredom, and so on. The VCI/PRI scales tend to be a bit more stable over time because they include more subtests and a broader range of skills. I would say you have a gifted child who is likely to show some scatter in test scores for a host of reasons... Good luck and hth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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