http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/217888/Gifted-and-LD Here is an update on my son. his testing is done and he has beeen reccomended for special ed' services in reading and math. Here are his scores; verbal comprehension-98, Working memory-110' perceptual reasoning-133, and processing speed-100. Combined final score-119. How do I help him want to read? What things can I do to utilize his perceptual reasoning skills to enhance his CVC, fluency, information processing, short term memory,reading comprehension, oral reading fluency and sight word recognition? GreatSchools en-us michellea IDEA (federal special ed law) mandates that an evaluation must be comprised by more than just one single testing instruments. Typically, special ed evaluations are comprised of a psychological component ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/217888/Gifted-and-LD?cpage=1#comment_218676 5100.218676 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:59:50 -0700 miThreeSons He was given the WISC-IV. I don't think he was given anything else. I'll check. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/217888/Gifted-and-LD?cpage=1#comment_218530 5100.218530 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:36:36 -0700 healthy11 As michellea mentioned, a good place to repost your question is in the Learning and Attention Difficulties Group at http://community.greatschools.net/groups/11554I'm trying to be sure I understand your evaluators' comments, where ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/217888/Gifted-and-LD?cpage=1#comment_218235 5100.218235 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:32:13 -0700 miThreeSons Here is what the evaluators had to say:"Zach was cooperative in the individual testing situation and valid results were thought to be obtained. He showed good perseverance on all tasks ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/217888/Gifted-and-LD?cpage=1#comment_218118 5100.218118 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:09:59 -0700 michellea Hi miThreeSons,The school should use a research based, multisensory, phonemic, rules based remedial reading program such as Orton Gillingham, LiPS, Wilson to help him with decoding skills. In addition to ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/217888/Gifted-and-LD?cpage=1#comment_217915 5100.217915 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:15:22 -0700