Learning Disability Profile
Below is a learning disability profile for a child with a reading disability.
Abbreviations are explained after the chart. Note the underachievement in reading,
relative to general intellectual abilities (the IQ scores). Scores outside the shaded area
in the chart are significantly different from average. Statistically, scores within the
shaded area are less than one standard deviation from average. This child's score on
reading achievement is almost 2 standard deviations below average, while his intellectual
ability scores are average.
| Intellectual Measures (WISC-III) | Academic Measures (WJIII) |
| VIQ = Verbal IQ | Reading = Broad Reading Cluster |
| PIQ = Performance (nonverbal) IQ | Math = Broad Mathematics Cluster |
| FSIQ = Full-Scale (overall) IQ | Writing = Broad Written Language Cluster |
| VCI = Verbal Comprehension Index | Academic Knowledge = a combination of Science, Social Studies, and Humanities achievement |
| POI = Perceptual Organization Index | |
| FFDI = Freedom from Distractibility Index | |
| PSI = Processing Speed Index |
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