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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't look at the speech test scores in isolation.  You need to view them in the context of IQ scores.  A kid who has a speech test score of 85 but an IQ of 120 has a greater than 2 std deviation difference.  That is a concern.  A kid who has an 85 speech test score and a 100 IQ score is not something to be concerned about.

Similarly, you need to compare subscores gaps of more than 1 std deviation(either 3 pts on 10+ scale or 15 on 100+ scale).  So receptive scores at 120 and expressive scores of 85 are troubling.[/quote]

I've never heard anyone suggest comparing iq scores to speech Eval scores to "put them in context". To the SLPs on this thread, is that really at all a relevant thing to do?
Over and over again I've read that speech skills are unrelated to intelligence, so using iq as a way to gauge expressive language delays would be as useful as using the time on a 100 meter dash to gauge it.  They're two totally different skills and you can be brilliant, a fast runner, and extremely articulate, or any combination.[/quote]

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