My child has the same type profile. His working memory is "superior" but his reverse digit score is poor. Further testing indicated, according to the report, that my DS depends very heavily on learning auditorily and not visually. My DS has dysgraphia and a visual processing disorder. He has a great deal of problems with writing (due both to dysgraphia and EDS and vision), his spelling and phonics are also very low - his WISC IV score was 139 with very high VCI and exceedingly low processing speed. Developmental Coordination Disorder (aka dyspraxia) is very almost always accompanied by dysgraphia (and visual processing problems) ... when I was reading the main book on dyspraxia/dcd called "Understanding Developmental Dyspraxia - A textbook for Students and Professionals" by Madeline Portwood, the author noted that digits forward and digit backwards may involve different cognitive processes, especially in certain clinical groups and that studies show that the performance of dyspraxic youngsters highlights significant weakness in repeating the digits backwards. So, pparticularly in cases where the child struggles with the backwards digits, it is part of the profile of a dysraxic child.
Last edited by Irena; 10/28/13 09:09 AM.
