We then examined the case of the SLD-borderline group. By comparing this group with the group of children with a
diagnosis of ID, we explored whether a different WISC profile could describe a difference between the groups. The SLD borderline group revealed much the same pattern of scores in the four main and two additional indexes as the SLD-typical
group (i.e. the scores were higher for the VCI and PRI than for the WMI and PSI, and the GAI was higher than the CPI; Fig. 1),but the differences were less clear-cut in this case.