Hi all. I would really appreciate some advice. My child’s CSE meeting is 3 days away and I got the test results today. What direction should I be going in with these results?
SS %
Verbal 117 87
Perf. 123 94
Full 122 93
Woodcock - Johnson - R 3.0
SS %
Letter Word Id 101 52
Passage Comp. 113 80
Calculation 96 39
Applied Problems 99 47 (read to all subjects)
Dictation 94 36
Writing Samples 111 76
Broad Reading 106 66
Broad Math 97 42
Broad Written Lang. 102 55
Skills (E Dev) 98 45
Word Attack 109 72
Reading Vocab. 99 48
Basic Reading 104 62
Reading Comp. 106 65
Various percentiles ranged from 36-80 which, based on past experience the school supports 25-75% as average and therefore doesn’t require sp ed support.
Towl 3
Contrived Writing 52 58
Spontaneous Writing 23 16
Overall Writing 75 39
Right now, this child is OHI (ADHD inattentive) getting 40 minutes of resource room every other day. We’ve done private Orton Gillingham which has made a dramatic improvement in reading. The medication has helped significantly, but there are concerns about weight loss and this particular doctor likes to try every new school year without meds to see how the kids do. This child has made great progress in the last year, but writing, spelling, math skills remain lacking in the classroom. Sometimes needs additional time to complete classroom work (sent home to be finished at night). Progressing at a fabulous rate this year (2nd grade) and I don’t want to see it stop.
Specific questions are:
Do the Towl 3 results indicate a writing LD? If overall score doesn’t, can the subtest showing 16th percentile be used?
What about math LD from the Woodcock results?
In general, given IQ, this child doesn’t seem to score high in any area. For perspective, are these normal results for kids with “superior range” intelligence? Is this a stupid question? I really have no perspective on this.
What is the difference between Woodcock Johnson - R 3.0 Form A and Woodcock Reading - R Form H?
What kind of accomodations would work well with this child’s profile (currently none)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know this is a busy time of year and I’ve asked a lot. Thank-you.
Re: IEP - Help with test scores
Thanks for your help. The positive change we’ve seen - with the meds, tutoring and extra help at school in combination - has been dramatic. Last year versus this year is truly night and day.
Processing speed was tested 16 months ago so I don’t know if it has dropped or not (I’d imagine not) - I forget the test name, but the score was in the 90th percentile. I’m not sure what processing speed is - but originally the neuropsych said there were certain cognitive or executive functioning that was weak and inherent to ADHD’ers - such as poor thought organization and how that affects writing - so that’s why I’m a little nuts about making sure these issues are addressed now - avoid/minimize struggling now and a bleak future of always being weak in them. Another example is, right now learning double digit subtraction that requires regrouping or borrowing is a real killer - very painful to remember all the steps involved.
Compound that with the lovely “inconsistencies” inherent to ADHD and this child will continue to keep any classroom teacher (and parents) guessing.
But onward and upward, hopefully we’ll have another sussessful year like we had this year.
The scores on the TOWL in the 16% are in the low average. With these kind of scores he probably won’t qualify for remediation services. Dictation and calculation could be lower because of inattentive errors during the test. You would have to see the test protocol to know what kind of errors he made on the test. It sounds like the meds and the tutoring are working and that he is catching up. His scores really are respectable and with this improvement it shows that his IEP is working.
Out of curiosity what was the processing speed? Kids with ADD usually have a wacked out processing speed. Before my daughter was diagnosed with ADD we noticed a consistent drop in her processing speed over the years. She is doing better on meds. It is absolutely amazing what the right medication can do for a child and their academic performance. Congratulations for the progress your child has made.