Hello everyone,
I have been lurking here for a week or so. I am absolutely devastated by my daughter’s recent test results. She is in 4th grade, struggles desperately and I could say more expect I am so behind the learning curve that I don’t even understand the results myself. IQ at 88.
Must attend a meeting when school reopens to agree to my girl being classifed as (i think) specific ld- oral expressive impairment however they wanted to classify her as communication impaired but are starting slowly. And at that meeting the IEP creation begins.
I must say that reading everyone’s posts here I am starting to come out of my gloom and doom re this stuff. Still can break into a good cry still. But, pledge to make the new year one of understanding and progress not grief.
So, did youknow that it sometimes appears that everyone hear speaks a completely different language? I suppose that’s my initiation into an LD. LOL.
SO I ask, where to start so as to get an understanding of my daughters world. When my son was dx with ADD, OCD and poss dx of BiPolar I knew where to go. The world of LD is not as easily traveled.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for everything already.
gfgmom
If you wish, post individual subtest scores
Often, one side or the other of the WISC will bring down the full-scale score. Posting the VIQ/PIQ, Factors, and Subtests helps to truly examine the intraindividual strengths and weaknesses for a person suspected of LD.
Understanding the assessment is #1. From the assessment comes the writing of the “Present Level of Educational Performance.” That drives the writing of IEP goals and objectives. (At least in my world, and that of the law. Some schools wish to present a pre-written IEP…)
You’ll know more than them by the time all these folks are finished with you! Lurk no more & join the party…
I am sorry that, way back when, I first got my son’s test results. I didn’t push for more specifics about what his real issues were and what they woulddo specificly to deal with those issues.
I too had no idea what was going on.
If I were to do it over I would have pushed for outside testing to further explain his difficulties. I trusted that with the information gleaned from the initial testing these experts would know what to do for him. I was wrong to make that assumption. They were happy to just put him in sped.
I wish that I had pushed to understand 1. What was wrong? 2. What they would do?
The testing clearly stated the underpinnings of his difficulties were related to a visual motor deficit. At the time, despite years of working with therapists, it didn’t even dawn on me to ask for occupational therapy. I honestly believed that if he had needed OT they would have suggested it. Now I know schools don’t deal with visual issues but the motor part was clearly OT and no one suggested it. I figured it out later and got him evaluated and treated by the OT, but not without a fight.
You are 10 steps ahead of me because you found this board way before I did.