Knowledge is the key to unlocking potential and opening doors to success. To get started down the road to a more rewarding life, you need to be able to identify strengths as well as any specific challenges that may stand in your way. Psychological Evaluations give you answers to these questions and serves as your map to be your best.
Gifted testing is used to evaluate whether a child is intellectually gifted and would benefit from receiving a more rigorous academic program at school. The gifted test measures overall cognitive abilities, that have been found to be related to school performance.
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In order to qualify for entrance into a gifted program, the child must meet three criteria:
- A Full Scale IQ Score of 130 or more on an individually administered test of intellectual functioning, such as
- Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)
- Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-III)
- A score of 90 percentile or higher on either the reading or math portion of an individually administered achievement test (which measures what has been learned), such as
- Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement (WJ-III)
- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Third Edition (WIAT-III)
- Exhibit the majority of characteristics of gifted students on a district checklist. The child’s most recent teacher must complete a checklist of gifted characteristics demonstrating that child shows a need for a challenging curriculum.
Although parents come in for the gifted evaluation to find out whether or not their child meets criteria for a gifted program, Dr. Cherwony believes that it is important to use the evaluation to gain further insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a child. She will be able to tell parents a child’s particular learning style as well as areas that may be of concern and require early intervention. Dr. Cherwony includes a feedback session with parents to go over results and to help parents decide the most appropriate school placement for a child. Parents are typically overwhelmed with decisions about their child beginning the school years. Dr. Cherwony helps provide you with a profile of your child’s intellectual and academic status and find what is right for your child.
