[Oz-gifted] Update on L

[Richard Robertson]

Hi Ellen, I've just jumped online for first time in ages.  At the
recommendation of his prep teacher, our son was accelerated to grade 1
after a couple of weeks in prep last year and we haven't looked back!
He had just turned 6.  As we were apprehensive about the
social/emotional aspects of such a move we consulted an educational
psychologist and our son completed the WISC III with impressive results!
Testing, for us, proved incredibly helpful.  As parents, we were
(embarrassingly)unaware our son was gifted.  It also appears 'the powers
that be' at school tend to take notice of validating test results and
recommendations prescribed by psychologists whereas a parent's opinion
is of little value on its own within the system!!
All the best.
Shelley
Victoria


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   1. Re: Update on L (Michelle Gabriel)


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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 07:45:07 +1000
From: "Michelle Gabriel" <mbgabs at ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] Update on L
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Why not just go and see Fiona Smith who use to work with GERRIC.  She is
based in Sydney and works with Gifted kids all the time and would be
able to suggest which is the right test for you to use.

Cheers

Michelle G


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[mailto:oz-gifted-bounces at rite.ed.qut.edu.au] On Behalf Of Alison Miller
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AFAIK you can do the WSPPI now and the WISC then too
alison


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> You might remember that the school counsellor was considering how to 
> assess my five-year-old son L last term, with a view to a possible 
> Year skip.  Neither I nor the staff was particularly happy with the 
> idea of moving him up a year or two, for various reasons.
> 
> One difficulty was that L is now 5 years and 7 months, and WSPPI-III 
> is only valid for children up to age 6.  Both the counsellor and I 
> thought that he was too close to the age limit, and thus might hit 
> the test ceiling.  The documentation seems to indicate that *only* 
> year advancement requires the comprehensive formal testing, not less 
> extreme forms of acceleration.
> 
> I put forward the following tentative proposal, based on my knowledge 
> of his strengths:
> 
> * Put L into Year 1 next year.
> * Send him to whichever Year is appropriate for English -- preferably 
> the top class, if they are streamed, so that he sees excellence 
> modelled (the entire school takes English first thing in the morning)
> * Some kind of RPL and curriculum compacting in Maths.
> * Evaluation by all interested parties at end Term 1, by which time 
> he would be 6+, and old enough for WISC (if still required).
> 
> However, everyone still seems to be interested in assessing his IQ 
> now, to see what they are dealing with.  The counsellor spoke to some 
> Experts, who say that L "should not" ceiling the WSPPI-III.  We are 
> both a little skeptical about this!  However -- the counsellor raised 
> the issue of ceilings before I did, so I know she understands the 
> issues.  The plan is to test him on the WSPPI-III this week to give 
> us an indication of what is going on; ie, ammo for planning his 
> education next year.
> 
> Happily, another K teacher has found a little boy (B) in her class 
> who is reading at a similar level and getting bored (L listens to 
> what the Year 2s are learning, or chats).  L and B will be working 
> together on literacy and other work a couple of hours a week from now 
> on, and will be put into the same class next year.  I'm very pleased 
> with these efforts.
> -- 
> Ellen Hrebeniuk
> Sydney, Australia
> 
> Being a librarian is how you change the world.
> Nancy Pearl
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