TiredSoul
Warrior Mom since 2007
I am not even sure how to write this so it makes sense, but I am wondering if other parents have seen this with their kids.
We recently had difficult child's 3 year re-evaluation at school. His IQ dropped 30 points. One of the comments the school psychologist made was that difficult child would not guess on answers he was not completely certain of. He would say "skip" or "I think I'll pass". At the time I didn't really think much about it.
Recently we got his CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) results back. I noticed that he did not have a score in one of the two categories. I emailed the Learning Spec at the school and asked why that was. She said in her experience if the student skipped too many questions in a row or did not complete enough of the test - it would not be able to compute a score. She also told me in her experience in working with my difficult child, he does not do well with these types of tests. I am waiting for more clarification on that. (Not sure if it is because it is timed or because of format or other.)
So I guess what I am wondering is - what is this? Could this be an anxiety thing about not wanting to pick the wrong answer or what? I have been talking with the school counselor and she says she sees some things that make her think he might be on the autism spectrum. He can never answer questions like what do you like better this or that, or what's your favorite x. He is very literal, black and white, does not understand different rules for different people or situations, etc.
Do I even need to be concerned about this? I wonder if he does this on all tests.
Thanks,
Jules
We recently had difficult child's 3 year re-evaluation at school. His IQ dropped 30 points. One of the comments the school psychologist made was that difficult child would not guess on answers he was not completely certain of. He would say "skip" or "I think I'll pass". At the time I didn't really think much about it.
Recently we got his CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) results back. I noticed that he did not have a score in one of the two categories. I emailed the Learning Spec at the school and asked why that was. She said in her experience if the student skipped too many questions in a row or did not complete enough of the test - it would not be able to compute a score. She also told me in her experience in working with my difficult child, he does not do well with these types of tests. I am waiting for more clarification on that. (Not sure if it is because it is timed or because of format or other.)
So I guess what I am wondering is - what is this? Could this be an anxiety thing about not wanting to pick the wrong answer or what? I have been talking with the school counselor and she says she sees some things that make her think he might be on the autism spectrum. He can never answer questions like what do you like better this or that, or what's your favorite x. He is very literal, black and white, does not understand different rules for different people or situations, etc.
Do I even need to be concerned about this? I wonder if he does this on all tests.
Thanks,
Jules