I was speaking with a mom from t-ball who was a teacher for the gifted pull-out class in a public school for several years. She is now a regular ed kindgergarten teacher in a ps. Anyway, she was asking about ds6's scores b/c she knew we had him gifted tested last year. She said these scores indicate a nonverbal learning disability because of the discrepancy in verbal and nonverbal IQ scores on the SBV. DS6 scored 24 points higher on verbal than nonverbal. Nonverbal scores fell in the high average (90th percentile) and verbal was in the very advanced range (99.8th percentile). His full scale IQ is identified as very advanced (98th percentile).
He doesn't seem to have any difficulty learning anything. But, when someone mentions learning disability it concerns me. He does seem to do better with verbal tasks rather than visuospatial tasks. His relative knowledge score seemed low compared with his ability which the tester noted in his report. We attributed this to lack of exposure and not being challenged for two years at school. Most people who meet ds are amazed at his knowledge, so go figure. Any thoughts?
