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agee
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Yesterday I had the results from difficult child's neuropsychologist testing. It was very interesting. Basically, difficult child has a pretty low IQ, which is not what I expected to hear. I'd always figured that his struggles in school and home were mostly related to behavior, but it was because he was high intelligence that he is able to function so well (relatively) despite his behavioral concerns. But according to the psychologist he actually has a borderline IQ of 77. We went through all the different areas of testing and she gave me a report as well.
What do you all know about IQ? She said it was fairly fixed, although somewhat impacted by his lack of attention span. Have any of your kids been tested ...then restested and it's improved?
What about memory? She said this is something that can be improved and told me about an extremely expensive computer program. Any thoughts on this?
I guess I don't want him to have low IQ, although it certainly explains a lot.
It also probably makes us ineligible for an IEP, because according if he's anywhere near grade level then he's performing way above his capacity.
I guess I'm looking for thoughts, reactions, etc.
Oh - and by the way - things are better around here than they were a few months back. Depakote is helping a lot. difficult child is also growing up a little. I am way more calm. I don't expect you all to remember me but I was wigging out in December and January. Bad times for us. Better times now.
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What do you all know about IQ? She said it was fairly fixed, although somewhat impacted by his lack of attention span. Have any of your kids been tested ...then restested and it's improved?
What about memory? She said this is something that can be improved and told me about an extremely expensive computer program. Any thoughts on this?
I guess I don't want him to have low IQ, although it certainly explains a lot.
It also probably makes us ineligible for an IEP, because according if he's anywhere near grade level then he's performing way above his capacity.
I guess I'm looking for thoughts, reactions, etc.
Oh - and by the way - things are better around here than they were a few months back. Depakote is helping a lot. difficult child is also growing up a little. I am way more calm. I don't expect you all to remember me but I was wigging out in December and January. Bad times for us. Better times now.
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