**11. Application for concessions to support child H's transition to high school**

In February 2021, a full psycho-educational assessment was conducted to determine Child H's levels of cognitive and scholastic functioning in his final year at primary school, so that recommendations could be made in terms of what support may be required to assist him in achieving to potential, as well as to make recommendations with regards to formal accommodations and concessions.

The assessment was done by an independent psychologist (Note 26), and was based on the following measures:


Child H's mother requested that previous assessment reports be utilised in order to provide all relevant background information relating to Child H's early development, medical, school and therapy history, and personal information. The results of this case study up to this point in this chapter could then be included with the application documents concessions.

#### **12. Summary of index performance**

The WISC-V is made up of various subtests that are grouped into five categories or indices, which can be used for interpretation of a child's different types of cognitive abilities. The following is a summary of Child H's performance on the indexes. Index scores lying between 85 and 115 indicate an average range of performance relative to other children of similar age, while index scores beyond this range of scores indicate above or below average performance (**Table 7**).
