I have posted before about my son. He is a child who displays a number of age-appropriate skills i.e. recognizing alphabet, knowing letter sounds, reads 40 sight words. Identifies colors, shapes, numerals, rote counts to 40 now, counts objects to 20. Writes first name, traces letters numbers, cuts out shapes w/scissors independently. Dresses self independently, buttons shirts, puts on and zips coat independently. Rides bike w/training wheels, catches and throws a football and smaller balls, catches baseball w/glove, hits baseball pitched to him. Answers basic reasoning questions correctly: "What do you do when you are cold/hungry/tired,dirty? What do you do with a hat/brush/cup. Can play simple rhyming game with cards, understands concept of opposites.
He has a expressive/lreceptive language disorder. Based on the above information is it reasonable to believe that the recent cognitive testing may be invalid? A counselor from a Catholic school reviewed a videotape of him performing many of the above skills, and IEP report and observed him for over 1 hour at his preschool. She reported that he is "bright", "cognitively intact" "really getting it, in terms of learning. The school declined to admit him because they don't have appropriate services for him. A second Catholic school has viewed this tape and met with me, they are aware of the preschools diagnosis and describe our situation as an "ordeal" and "bizarre". They have SLP services and they are considering admitting him. What is your opinion?