Ds(7.9) was recently tested. His coding score came back 6 SD below the GAI. We have seen difficulty with handwriting (not the writing process itself). The tester also hinted at a possible vision issue that presented with how he looked at the blocks on block design. The tester mentioned that this is a VERY VERY significant gap between processing speed and reasoning speed that will always be a hinderance to his abilities to takes notes, handwritten, etc. We have seen signs of hand pain, and not up to par automaticity in writing--but nothing that I thought was too far off average 2nd grade boy handwriting. How will this affect him long term? Can it be brought up through OT? What should I be looking out for? Symbol search was closer to avg at a nine.
