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Low functioning?

butterflygroovesbutterflygrooves member
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Owl had her last eval with the neuropsych back in November, we had the feedback meeting today and although Owl has made great strides since that eval, I'm still concerned.

Owl tested within the normal range for receptive language and gross motor, her lowest score was cognition (tested using Bayley).  The neuropsych doesn't need to eval her again unless the school dist won't do an IQ test when she gets her IEP testing done (CA schools can't do IQ/cognitive tests on AA kids), she will do the test if the school dist refuses it.  I am going to try to get away with saying she is Hispanic (she's mixed AA/Mexican) but that will only work if we've finalized the adoption before the eval, all of her paperwork now says AA/Mexican which would exclude her from the test.

She said that she doesn't think Owl is MR but that she is very likely low functioning.  I've never heard of low functioning without it being tied to a dx (LF-ASD for example), we don't have a dx yet so now I'm as confused as ever.

Am I waiting for a dx to relate this "low functioning" to?  Might we get a dx from the IQ and other IEP tests?

 I feel like I'm completely in the dark here, I'm so lost.

Two Mommies Healing Hearts

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Re: Low functioning?

  • butterflygroovesbutterflygrooves member
    BTW, see blog for further details.

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  • CaptainSeriousCaptainSerious member
    I'm wondering if that was just her trying to describe her outcome, rather than using a technical term.  Most IQ tests use the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, that classifies a person with an IQ of 80-89 as "low average," followed by "borderline" and "extremely low" as scores decrease.  Is it possible that she was saying that owl may have skills that fall somewhere in those ranges?
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  • butterflygroovesbutterflygrooves member
    imageCaptainSerious:
    I'm wondering if that was just her trying to describe her outcome, rather than using a technical term. nbsp;Most IQ tests use the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, that classifies a person with an IQ of 8089 as "low average," followed by "borderline" and "extremely low" as scores decrease. nbsp;Is it possible that she was saying that owl may have skills that fall somewhere in those ranges?


    Yes, she very well could have meant that, thanks Captain!

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