Oh my goodness, aeh you are worth your weight in gold!! Thank you so much!!
They did a REY test with DD too. I don't think we can add images here, but her results were (translated from google):
"Copy: PD = 26.5 / PC = 99. Execution time = 8 '14 ”/ PD = 25. The quality of the line is good and the overall figure is well recognized, however, we can find some represented form of imprecise and unstructured form. Initially, in the execution of the test, she begins by focusing more on the overall shape of the figure and then on the details that form it.
Memory: PD = 25.5 / PC = 99. Execution time = 3 ’38” / PD = 99. The memory reproduction is quite organized, initially focusing on the global part of the figure to later perform the details. However, some forms are absent and others that are present are performed imprecisely.
In both cases, she obtains a score that places her within the normal range of her age, so there is no difficulty in perceiving and organizing the data to be fixed both in the copy and in the memory.
However, the runtime of the copy is somewhat longer than usual for her age group."
A few things pop into my head about her visual working memory problems:
* I have aphantasia (zero mental imagery). I've asked DD before how how the pictures in her head look, trying to establish if she is an aphant too, but her answers sounded like she had no problem forming mental images. Still, it's odd that we both have issues with the visual side of things.
* How does she always beat us at visual memory games? I mean the type where you have to flip a card/disc, remember the picture and location. Could it be that she processes the card locations quickly to her mid/long term memory, so she doesn't need to use her visual working memory much?
* Would her low visual working memory explain why she hates reading (and hated being read to, as a baby)? Also, DD does a bit of acting and she's actually really good at memorising lines (we read them out loud together, following the script). Would this be a similar thing, ie she's just processing them quickly into her long term memory and skipping over her working memory?
* Could ADHD medication help her access that part of the brain? Or am I better finding games/activities to try to strengthen her visual working memory? Or just find compensation techniques and then focus on playing to her strengths?
* What sort of specialist should I look for to follow up, seeing as the school wants to just 'wait and watch', which doesn't sounds like a great plan to me if DD has a LD.
Can I just say again how incredibly grateful I am, aeh? Really, you are so generous with your time and knowledge. You're amazing
