Hi Lea,

I was just quickly reading through this, if I am right your kids are 2 1/2 - they are too young to get an accurate measure of their intelligence, you can get an indication BUT your children clearly have confounding factors as you say they are non-verbal - therefore they can`t answer questions and quite possibly couldn`t comprehend any verbal directions on what to do. I was (pre-kids) an educational psychologist - although I haven`t tested anyone below 6 and used the WISC not the WPSII (I can`t remember much of the WPPSI - I wish I could) anyway, concentrate on what you are already doing - working on areas which can benefit from the therapy you are doing, such as their speech.

I wonder why they are testing for IQ so young? I always had the perspective that if there is nothing to gain then nobody needs me to assign a number, unless it is needed to gain access to special ed schools,etc. but your kids are to young for that. I just wonder why this was felt necessary? You don`t need to answer, just take the results and just do what you`re doing, you`re such a great mum, your kiddos are lucky to have you in their corner. How many times did this psychologist see your children even? Are the behavioural observations even typical of Kaedance? I`m sorry you have been hit with this too, don`t let it get you down too much. Wish I could send you a real (((hug))) you seem to be going through so much at the moment.

Sandie,
mum to dd (2002), ds (2003) and bgb triplets (2006)

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