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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will not be able to rule out cognitive issues until neuropsych, but if a child is verbal, is a language score a reasonable approximation of intelligence or not? Have heard conflicting reports. [/quote]

Kids can have language delays that make their language skills lower than their cognitive skills, often substantially lower.  You definitely can see kids with severe language problems and average IQ's.  The reverse doesn't happen, at least not to the same degree.  You don't see, for example, age appropriate language skills in a child with a significant cognitive disability.[/quote]

I am a school psychologist and the reverse absolutely does happen. I have tested several kids with an average verbal IQ with below average fluid reasoning scores.  Several of these students also had low working memory scores.[/quote]

You have tested kids who scored in the ID range overall, with average verbal IQ?  Or you have tested kids with some subscores in the ID range, with average verbal IQ.  I'm the PP above, and I'm not sure I disagree with you.

In my experience, when kids have huge gaps, with one part low, the psychologists don't calculate a full scale.  Instead they state that the higher scores are likely the best estimate of the child's intelligence and diagnose LD.  I've never seen a kid diagnosed with ID with average language scores. "Below average" or "borderline", pulled down by low scores on other areas?  Yes, but not a truly average (85 - 115) language testing scores.[/quote]

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