Helios Assessments

Helios does not have a minimum FSIQ requirement for applicants.

We require the Wechsler Scales:

• Under age 6: Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV)
• Age 6 and up: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V)

IQ assessments should be scheduled as soon as possible to ensure completion before the February 3rd, 2025 deadline.

See Testing Providers

The best ways to help prepare your student for the testing experience include:

• Relaxing. If you are nervous, your student will be too.
• Explaining that the session will involve puzzles and games and that most kids find it enjoyable.
• Noting that the psychologist wants to see how they like to solve problems, so they should just try their best, and feel free to guess if they don’t know the answer.
• Ensuring they get a good night’s sleep the night before and eat a healthy breakfast the day of the test.

After the test, praise their effort and allow some down time. The testing experience can be mentally taxing for some children.

Please do not try to prepare your child by presenting him or her with questions from the IQ test. These tests are designed to present children with unfamiliar types of problems to see how they solve them. Therefore, exposing your student to test content would invalidate the test results and make them ineligible to retest for at least a year.

Do refrain from offering your student a reward or prize for earning a certain score; instead, praise effort and engagement in the testing session.