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Hi, All of us have a perceived weakness! When someone is speaking to us, we tend to act that we are listening to what the other person is talking! However, the truth is otherwise! Unfortunately, we never listen to others and understand what they are talking! Most people are very poor listeners. In nutshell, a typical conversation between two people is just talk and nothing else. In all probability, they may never understand what the other is telling, because they are already preoccupied with their eagerness to answer the other! Children are very poor in listening just like most adults. Children may not listen to their teachers in a proactive way. In other words, children may not listen in an active manner. When children are poor in active listening, their classroom performance can go down in a drastic manner. Parents should train their children to listen to others in an active manner. Several method and techniques can help you teach proactive listening. Have a nice day! Thought for today: Best Regards, Please visit our sponsor ad web site below. Thanks to our sponsor for keeping this a free newsletter. Training Children for Active Listening Teaching Children the Power of Active Listening Q1: My daughter just took the WPPSI-III to determine what the best school would be for her. I'm pretty excited with the outcome, but I wanted more data. She is 4.5 years old. Her score was 141 with one area 147, but she was a bit off on her fine motor skills, slowing the processing. Is this a good solid IQ, an extraordinary IQ or average for a gifted program? With this score we will be applying to the gifted program. A: The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Third Edition (WPPSI-III) is apparently a better diagnostic test that emphasizes abstract reasoning well for selection of children into gifted programs. For your daughter's age group, there are seven subtests and a good mix of verbal and visual reasoning in a child-friendly test. However, this test does have a Processing Speed Quotient, but only one of the two subtests from which it is calculated; this is included in the Full Scale IQ score .... Continue to read Dr. Sandhu's answer on Admission into a Gifted Program here. Q2: I have an eight year old daughter who is very well spoken and enjoys learning. She is not very active she much rather have her nose in a book. She is very creative and is consistently asking questions about everything. I am concerned because I have been trying to make the schools realize that she is bright and needs to be challenged but no one seems to understand that. She was in second grade reading on a fifth grade level, her math skills are advanced, and almost every test she has taken she has received a perfect score.... A: Your daughter does sound gifted and it's such a shame that she is not fitting well in her class. This is such a typical case of a bright kid in a dull classroom. Other kids are picking on her simply because they may see her as being different from them and may not understand her nature and needs. It is quite strange that the school is not doing anything especially if she is performing way ahead of her peers. Perhaps, the school may not even understand what giftedness is .... Continue to read Dr. Sandhu's answer on Suitable Program for a Gifted Child here. Q3: I would appreciate some input on how to interpret my daughter's results and possible meaning of her scores on the WISC-IV. She has a 27 point difference between PRI (high) and the VCI (lower), which makes a FSIQ uninterpretable. My reason for asking is that, given her high intelligence, could she be compensating for some type of learning disability - auditory, language, reading etc? A: In general, her scores are rather high and for a score in the superior range, as a rule of thumb, the FSIQ starts from 123, though some sites indicate a higher score at 130. Her scores are being referenced to other people within her own age group (you did not indicate her age). The average IQ is 100; so deviations from the average are assigned a number which corresponds to a percentile rank .... Continue to read Dr. Sandhu's answer on Interpretation of WISC-IV Scores here.
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