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So I recently went to a psychologist to get some testing done, as I've been having severe difficulty in several areas in school and work. Severe enough that I failed a class this semester because I literally couldn't write the papers required for the class. Attached is the overview of my results. As you can see, there are several areas where I am well below average. Anything below the 10th percentile is clinically significant.
Some specific subcategories and quotes from the psychologist are below.
Memory and Learning
Verbal Learning Task Requiring Attention and Recall: Mildly Impaired (CVLT-II Trial 1: 7th Percentile; List B: 2nd Percentile)
Visual Task, Recalling and Constructing a Complex Figure: Mildly Impaired (Rey-O Delay Recall: 2nd Percentile)
Verbal Learning Task: Mild to Moderately Impaired (CVLT-II Trial 5: 2nd Percentile)
Ability to recall verbal information after a short delay was in the moderately impaired range and remained in the moderately impaired range when cues were provided. (CVLT-II Short Delay Free Recall: 1st Percentile; Short Delay Cued Recall: 1st Percentile)
Ability to recall verbal information after longer delays (20-30 minutes) was in the severely impaired range. (CVLT-II Long Delay Free Recall: Less than 1st Percentile; Long Delay Cued Recall: Less than 1st Percentile)
Ability to recognize and identify correctly those items that he was asked to recall was in the moderately impaired range. (Long-Delay Yes/No Recognition: 1st Percentile)
Visual Motor Coordination
Ability in visual-spatial construction ability was in the mildly impaired range. (Rey-O Copy: 4th Percentile) Although he attended to details, his approach to copying a complex figure appeared to be completed without an organization approach.
Oral Language
Exhibited difficulties in oral language tasks in which verbal reasoning and concept formation were required. (WAIS-IV Similarities: 25th Percentile)
Below average abilities on verbal retrieval tasks in which he was required to generate words based on letter and semantic cues. (D-KEFS Verbal Letter Fluency: 9th Percentile; Verbal Category Fluency: Percentile) In general, generating language is difficult for Jake.
Reading and Written Language
When asked to produce meaningful sentences in response to a variety of task criteria, Jake performed in the below average range. (WJ-III Writing Samples: 11th Percentile). In fact, he was unable to produce several sentences worthy of scoring. Jake sat at the testing table for several minutes and could not produce simple sentences in response to writing prompts. (e.g., "Write one good sentence that tells three things you would like to do; write one good topic sentence for a biography) This was unexpected because Jake's overall verbal ability (on cognitive testing) was in the average range.
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So yeah... no wonder I have such a hard time just trying to talk, post to the forums, etc.
Some specific subcategories and quotes from the psychologist are below.
Memory and Learning
Verbal Learning Task Requiring Attention and Recall: Mildly Impaired (CVLT-II Trial 1: 7th Percentile; List B: 2nd Percentile)
Visual Task, Recalling and Constructing a Complex Figure: Mildly Impaired (Rey-O Delay Recall: 2nd Percentile)
Verbal Learning Task: Mild to Moderately Impaired (CVLT-II Trial 5: 2nd Percentile)
Ability to recall verbal information after a short delay was in the moderately impaired range and remained in the moderately impaired range when cues were provided. (CVLT-II Short Delay Free Recall: 1st Percentile; Short Delay Cued Recall: 1st Percentile)
Ability to recall verbal information after longer delays (20-30 minutes) was in the severely impaired range. (CVLT-II Long Delay Free Recall: Less than 1st Percentile; Long Delay Cued Recall: Less than 1st Percentile)
Ability to recognize and identify correctly those items that he was asked to recall was in the moderately impaired range. (Long-Delay Yes/No Recognition: 1st Percentile)
Visual Motor Coordination
Ability in visual-spatial construction ability was in the mildly impaired range. (Rey-O Copy: 4th Percentile) Although he attended to details, his approach to copying a complex figure appeared to be completed without an organization approach.
Oral Language
Exhibited difficulties in oral language tasks in which verbal reasoning and concept formation were required. (WAIS-IV Similarities: 25th Percentile)
Below average abilities on verbal retrieval tasks in which he was required to generate words based on letter and semantic cues. (D-KEFS Verbal Letter Fluency: 9th Percentile; Verbal Category Fluency: Percentile) In general, generating language is difficult for Jake.
Reading and Written Language
When asked to produce meaningful sentences in response to a variety of task criteria, Jake performed in the below average range. (WJ-III Writing Samples: 11th Percentile). In fact, he was unable to produce several sentences worthy of scoring. Jake sat at the testing table for several minutes and could not produce simple sentences in response to writing prompts. (e.g., "Write one good sentence that tells three things you would like to do; write one good topic sentence for a biography) This was unexpected because Jake's overall verbal ability (on cognitive testing) was in the average range.
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So yeah... no wonder I have such a hard time just trying to talk, post to the forums, etc.