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[quote=Anonymous]There really isn't a magic number, and if the psychologist sees red flags, he/she will note that in the report.  Both of my kids had a decent gap between their highest scores and either their working memory or processing speed.

For my older child, the psychologist administering the WISC noted that my child had a low frustration threshold and would give up easily on the more complex tasks.  While the WM score wasn't specifically low, there was a huge gap between the Digit Span (7) and the Picture Span (16).  We also saw a lot of red flags outside of the testing for ADHD. This child ended up being diagnosed with ADHD.

My younger child had an even bigger gap, with FSIQ in the high 130s with PSI of about 100.  WMI had a huge gap between subscores as well (18 and 10).  But there were no red flags outside of testing, and the psychologist didn't observe any behaviors that in any way suggested ADHD or any other issue.

Unless you're seeing behaviors that are red flags for ADHD, I wouldn't assume that the gap in scores suggests ADHD.  [/quote]

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