I am busy with Grad school and I don’t check in like I used to…Sorry about not getting back to you right away..Your daughter is in the average to low average range and now that you have a handle on the ADD-inattentive she will improve with the proper remediation. You are on the road to success…. :-) The high speaking score fits the profile that I have seen with ADD’ers. They are EXTREMELY verbal, to the point that they do all the talking and they aren’t good at listening which explains her extremely low listening quotient. the spoken language quotient includes scores on her ability to combine sentences, her picture vocabulary, her comprehension of grammar, word order, tell how things are alike, etc..
The speaking quotient only includes sentence combining she is given two sentences and she has to combine them into one correctly, word order she is given words auditorially and she has to put them together in a sentence, generals is the section of the test where they give her 3 words and she has to tell how they are alike. Her ability to combine sentences, but them in order and tell how things are alike is an area that she scores within the normal range.
The listening quotient included the following scores…her picture vocabulary, her grammatic comprhension and her ability to tell when a sentence is incorrect and how it can be restated correctly. An example could be…She ate breat and better with dinner…This really taxes the auditory memory and she has to be able to hear the difference between butter and better…these are her weakest links…and guess what…They require IMMENSE amounts of attention cognitively and auditorially….So considering her ADD-Inattentive behaviors this isn’t a surprise to me.
She will improve as her ability to attend with the help of meds and an Assistive listening Device. Not only do kids with CAPD benefit from an Assistive listening Device but kids with ADD too…The Assistive listening device will help her develop auditory memory and pay attention.
Hope this helps…