Why was he assessed with the CELF? What was the concern going in? Was he healthy and engaged for that testing?
I'll echo the questions from geofizz. Our DS10 has significant writing issues, and one of the things I am trying to pursue is expressive language disorders, given some interesting parallels from polarbear's experience. The fit isn't exact - but I still haven't found any descriptions of what expressive language disorders might look like when mixed with gifted, so it's pretty hard to measure for fit!
cammom, DS fits your description almost perfectly. He took the WISC at both 8 and 10, and both show a big discrepancy between Comprehension and the other two sub-tests, though all his scores rose significantly between the two assessments. At 10, his VCI was 99.6th percentile, but that blends Comprehension at 91st with Vocab at 99.9th. At age 8, his VCI measured much lower, at 95th percentile, with Comprehension - aka "Practical Social Reasoning" - at 50th! (Like yours, also high WMI: 99.9th at age 8, and 99th now). Like you, I would say he's very good with abstract language and reasoning. I would describe him as very aware of social and emotional cues - but not so clear on what he should do about them.
So please do tell us more about what prompted the assessment, and what you see in real life. If this diagnosis doesn't feel right, what doesn't work, and what might make more sense to you? I'm hoping to learn from your journey here, and the CELF sounds like something we may need to pursue.
