Expert: James Michael Roan - 11/16/2008

Question
there was no scores for (ADI_R) as for the(ADOS) there is no number. on the (WISC_IV david,s overall intellectual abilities were within the mild deficient range(FSIQ_66,1st percentile).david scored within the mildly deficent range on the verbal comprehension index (VCI=63,1st percentile) and the borderline range on the perceptual percentile). working memory was borderline (ss=71,3rd percentile). david,sstrongest performance occurred on a task of visual-motor construction suggesting that he will do best with hand,s on learning.he had significant difficulty clasifying verbal concepts (e,g,describing the abstract/concepual relationship among objects_a coat and a boot for instance) similar classification difficulties were encountered in a pictorial task. on a test of nonverbal intelligence (TONI-3) david obtained a score of 90 (25th percentile,average range). this test however, relies heavily on a simple matching paradigm on first several items. on items requiring abstract concept formation and problem solving, david was largely unable to identify the correct responses.

Answer
Hi David;

The TONI-3 scores look pretty good (Average range). It's clear there are significant verbal delays. These delays are usually associated with autism. All in all, I'm sure your son has a reasonable ability to learn and his educational program should be built around that. Tasks will need to modeled for him to the greatest extent possible. He will need a full time aid for instruction.

Kind regards,
James








James Roan Bio:

James Roan (roanpsych@gmail.com) has been consulting in the areas of autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and learning difficulties in the United States and in Ireland for over ten years. James Roan has traveled to Galway, Limerick, Mayo, Clare, Dublin, Cork, Waterford, and other cities and counties across Ireland assessing children and adults, and consulting with solicitors (lawyers) in defense of children with disability and with enforcement of their rights. James Roan was the consulting psychologist responsible for many of the autism and ADHD screening tools and other content for www.accessspecialneeds.com. James Roan consulted with the graduate department of the Waterford Institute of Technology in the development of their graduate program for the certification of private autism tutors.