mommyto3, no one here on this board is going to be able to know definitively from these WISC scores if there is an LD or not - but what we can tell you is the degree of scatter combined with the difficulties you've noted (reading comprehension not matching ability and mood swings at home) are reason enough to have another look at the possibility of an LD.

The first thing I would recommend doing is taking a second look at the set of scores you have - it sounds like there is reason to doubt some of them due to test fatigue. Is there any detail in the report you have or can you talk to the testing psych or get a copy of the psych's full report in order to see if you can determine which tests might have doubtful results?

The next thing I'd do (and I'm not a professional, just a mom of two 2e kids with LDs) - I'd go back for a full neuropsych eval if you can. That would include new ability testing + achievement testing as well as possibly further testing to determine why the processing speed score is relatively low. I'd also want a dyslexia screen. I personally would go for private testing rather than through the school if you can afford it or if your insurance will cover it, simply because most of us have found that private testing provides more thorough testing and you as the parent get more info re what is up with the results and how to help support your child's needs.

Re VSL, when my 2e ds12 was in 2nd grade and first struggling in school, his teacher was convinced he had ADHD and described how he was always staring off into space when she was lecturing in class and how he refused to complete his classwork etc. I hadn't ever spent any time at all online researching giftedness or anything at that point, but my dh and I knew from living with him that our ds was extremely bright. When his teacher started complaining about his behaviors in class, and I started googling for possible answers, it was so easy to find the GDC site and the VSL info from Linda Silverman, and it's such a broad swath of a description that it was easy for us to think that it described our ds - and that was it.

Many years later I can tell you that yes, our ds is a visual *thinker* and fits the description of a VSL. He also has scored way up in the sky-high on the CTY spatial test battery. When he describes how he thinks, he is obviously a visual thinker. There's no question about any of that. BUT - he's also a kid with a very real learning disability that is evidenced by extreme scatter on WISC scores similar to what you're seeing. So my recommendation is to put the VSL info in your back pocket and save it for later. Maybe your dd is a visual spatial learner, but it sounds like there is something else going on that needs to be looked into.

Also, re the mood swings at home but not at school - both of my 2e kiddos have always been able to hold their emotions in check at school (at least it looks that way from the outside) - but they were also holding a lot of anxiety inside quietly throughout the school day. When my ds12 was in early elementary, prior to diagnosis, he used to come home and throw major tantrums. Eventually he began having severe anxiety and panic attacks and we never *ever* realized until after he was diagnosed and had accommodations that his severe anxiety was all related to spending the day in the classroom unable to do the work he was given. My dd8 who has a challenge that impacted her ability to learn to read had a very similar experience. Even my dd10, who does not have an LD but who had an undiagnosed vision disorder as a young elementary student was a model student in school but had wild mood swings at home before we understood what was up with her vision.

Best wishes,

polarbear