JenSMP- how funny! Our DS had a huge discrepancy between his V and NV scores on the SB-V too. I actually asked our tester immediately upon seeing the scores if DS had a LD and he (nicely) laughed at me. Our DS: NVIQ:115(84), VIQ:139(99.5)
Not sure if it applies to you but our tester suggested that the non-verbal sections were just not interesting to DS. As a result of both boredom and his young age (3.9 yrs), he was easily distracted and started playing around. Because of this, our tester believed that both scores (verbal and non-verbal) were an underestimation. (our tester is no longer using the SB-V either)
I'm sure your tester can give you more insight or a gut feeling about your DS but, overall, I wouldn't stress the LD.
P.S. Because of DS's low non-verbal score, we need to retest. Just trying to decide how, when and with what measure . . . Uggg!
