Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Can you help me make sense of these test results?

I would strongly suggest that you seek a comprehensive speech & language eval. Many children "grow into" higher level language disabilities as they get older. That is, at a younger age it is difficult to discern whether something is a purely developmental artifact that they will "grow" out of or an area of disability.

Once they reach an age where the problem should clearly have improved due to a combination of maturity and instruction, if the problem persists then that strongly suggests an underlying disability in language processing. It may be auditory processing (which may also be involved in his slow writing production) or some other language related issue. The fact that he is also struggling with spelling sounds to me like a speech eval makes sense.

Hopefully, if the psychologist is a good clinician, she will recommend one to you.

Depending on where you live there may be resources for a low cost speech eval. Scottish Rites has Childhood Speech & Language Centers scattered all over the country and their services are completely free. However they have long waiting lists and you need to get him on their list before he turns 12.

Another resource may be nearby colleges with Speech Pathology graduate programs. These often have a speech & language center where students provide supervised services at low cost.