I have a four year old in my room who seems to be....regressing intellectually.

She was always a little immature emotionally - she has multiple tantrums with parents, plays with with friends in a way a younger child would, etc., speaks in a baby-talk voice, etc. She also had trouble identifying shapes, colors, and other things that the rest of class already knew.

BUT....she can read. So her parents feel she's gifted, and do not focus on any other areas. We later found out that although she does read, she has no comprehension of even simple sentences. She just decodes.

Now, we are seeing some strange regression. When asked a question, she gives a nonsensical answer. For example, when asked what we learned about today (St. Patrick), she answered "pills". Her speech pattern has changed - she sometimes speaks in one word phrases ("dog", when asked what about dogs she replied "bark"). She also says things like "we nap sleeping" instead of "we are going to take a nap". She is bilingual, but has been her entire life and before spoke English fluently.

Finally, we did our spring testing and found she scored lower than she did in the fall.

Some background, she's overweight, has some related health issues, is vegetarian but doesn't eat very healthfully and has sleep issues. She has always had some mild behavior issues.

Thoughts?

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