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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These scores don't really suggest true giftedness, but they do indicate that your child is very strong verbally--better than 96% of other children his age (since you didn't post the subtest scores, I don't know if there might be meaningful differences in performance on them). Verbal Comprehension includes expressive vocabulary skills ("What does ___ mean?"), the ability to form abstract verbal concepts ("How are football and baseball alike? They're sports.), and the application of practical judgment/reasoning to social situations ("What should you do if . . . ?")

In each of the other areas, he displayed significantly less developed skills, although his perceptual/nonverbal reasoning skills are solidly average for age (again, I don't know the subtest breakdown--that can make a difference).

The areas of Working Memory (short-term auditory recall of non-meaningful stimuli--numbers in forward and backward order) and Processing Speed (speed of eye-hand coordination when performing paper/pencil tasks) are very sensitive to attention/concentration issues. His scores in these areas are below average for his age (low average range), and that discrepancy can be frustrating in the classroom when taking notes, copying assignments from the board, trying to recall directions, etc. Does he happen to have any medical diagnoses that would possiblly account for difficulties in these areas?  Because of the significantly weaker scores in these areas (when compared to the Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual Reasoning composites scores), the psychologist computed a GAI score (General Ability Index) that doesn't include the areas of Working Memory and Processing Speed.
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Just want to add that, with discrepancies like these, the Full Scale IQ Score does not represent your child's ability level. It will be important to consider the composite areas individually to understand how he performs intellectually.[/quote]

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