When DD7 was tested last spring she had a very low Working Memory score that was totally out of whack with the rest of her scoring. it was the WISC IV and she scored very low in the WMI w/ a 34% score. (compared to her 99.5% in PRI). block design 18, similarities 17, digit span 7! Her other highest area was matrix reasoning 17. The psychologist said it could indicate a LD. I see some issues that concern me but I really just don't know. I wouldn't even know what to do next. I can't continue w/that psychologist because we have moved out of state. We are at a new gifted school where DD7 is working 1 year accelerated across the board. She has a PG DYS older brother (9) so I get confused sometimes as to what's "normal" or not.
The issues that concern me:
If doing math I've seen her tell me the answer is 3 but write down a 2. Then i point it out and she does it again! Then i notice on the worksheet that she did it a few times. Like she can't get her thought to go from her head to her pencil. It's strange to witness.
She reads very well BUT spelling is horrific and inconsistent. She can spell a word wrong in 3 different ways on the same page and each will be SO off the chart wrong - even if it's a word that appears printed multiple times on the same page. I can usually get where she is coming from phonetically and understand that English can be hard from that aspect BUT these are words she has read over and over.
When practicing for spelling test: She can read the word, we can look at the word and talk about the sounds, sound it out, point out the tricky bits then...if asked to write the word out she can come up with something mind-bogglingly wrong. What I find so surprising there is that I'd expect it to stick for a few minutes at least but it's gone immediately.
So, I keep trying to learn about working memory probs. Does any of this sound indicative of a problem? Should I talk to the school? She's got straight A's except her C average in spelling so far.
This is the same kid that knows every lyric to every song she likes and remembers every tune she hears so maybe it's just a lack of interest?
THanks for reading, any input is appreciated!!
