expert advice MORE Determining IQ in Language-Impaired Child Q:
Our four-year-old son has recently displayed a very unusual
fascination and interest with the presidents, the states,
football team names and locations, and baseball team names and
locations. He has all of the states memorized and he knows many
of the capitals. He also knows the presidents in order and he
wants to learn more about them. He is very quick, has a good
sense of humor, and is a perfectionist. He has an exceptional
memory. The interesting thing is that he has a brain tissue
disorder called schizencephaly, which has caused him to have
right-side hemiparesis. His speech is profoundly impaired and
his oral motor skills are weak. He has tested very high on two
different occasions on a preschool language test (96th and 99th
percentiles) in receptive language. We would like to have an IQ
test done, but we are afraid that the results would be
inaccurate due to his poor speech. What test or tests should be
administered to show his true abiliti