Any Educational Psychologists out there?

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What reasons could there be for a child to have a large discrepancy between visual discrimination and pattern construction? Is tiredness the only reason? have name changed for this just in case...

I'm not an EP but thought this might help from an EP report dd2 received:

Pattern construction assesses non-verbal reasoning and spatial visualisation skills.

Picture similarities (pictorial reasoning ability) assesses non-verbal reasoning skills.

If this relates to your question then it may be discepancy relating to spatial visualisation?

Personally I was told I had "significant spatial visulisation problems" when I opted for a test a couple of years ago (long story). Lets just say I'm a bit faceblind, not vgd sense of direction, have to turn maps around to follow directions, can't tell my right hand from my left, clumsy, if you ask me to say what letter comes before P in the alphabet I'll find it by receiting whole alphabet... I guess they meant this! On the other hand I have a high IQ - just not in this area!
While I'm waffling here at this late hour... I reckon I developed some of this from being short-sighted as a child & never wearing my glasses. My dd2 on the other hand is partially deaf so relies on her vision - hence her very high score in vis spat.
Just a therory - we compensate for deficits in our senses by developing the others.
Dd2 can be my co-pilot one day to stop me getting lost so often

Thank you kissing frogs. ds had problems with his ears so makes sense that visual is more developed.