We had our appointment Tuesday to meet with the psychologist and go over her test results. We are waiting on the final written document, but basically, most of what we knew was confirmed - Cait is gifted and AD/HD (inattentive). Her struggles in school can be directly related to organization and study skills deficiencies - she has the intellect just does not know how to take the info and manage details when tested on them.
One thing I brought to this meeting with me was Cait's ACT scores. I had intentionally asked her not to prepare. With her AD/HD, I wanted to know "what's your base-line ability?" knowing she could always retake it. Well the doctor was surprised at this when I showed the results of a 27 composite. It only strengthened her assessment of Cait. Intellectually, she was more than capable of doing much better in school - NOW we are going to address what is holding her back.
Cait had actually been encouraged by ACT scores, making plans to study and retake Fall '08. I think getting her organizational and study skills in better tune before then will also strengthen her confidence. I've seen glimmers of "Oh, now this all makes sense..." but things will be much clearer once the skills are in place.
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