Hi! I haven't been on this forum in so long! Originally I came for my older daughter who is now finishing up middle school. We home schooled when she found school was boring her. Once we found a great school, we sent her and it has been roses since!
I am coming back to the forum with questions regarding my now, 10 year old. She was discovered to be 2E in 4th grade in public school. She was given the WISC and WJIII...
She scored very high in verbal on WISC - 137 and invited to the gifted program.
She scored 127 on Perceptual, Working memory 110 and processing speed was 81 and given and IEP with pullouts and accommodations.
She was also given the processing speed portion of the WJ and received and 80, confirming the issue. She scored in the 7th percentile for decision making.
For the WJ achievement test she scored very high or superior on most items except for only average in math fluency and another fluency, I can't remember which.
She was early to read and reads always. She was late to write fluently (reversing letters and numbers still in 5th), but has nice penmanship.
Suddenly, her writing seems to be catching up with her classmates. Very recently she has been completing assignments within the given time and recently took the OLSAT for admission to a private school.
She was given accommodations of extra time, but finished 12 minutes early and did not use extra time. She scored a 132 with verbal and nonverbal being within two points of eachother.
She scored average on her state testing. 3's on a scale of one to 4 with some jumps to 4's for particular things..like reasoning.
ANYWAY! My question IS: Can you fix slow precessing? She was not diagnosed as dyslexic, although I thought her to be. She clearly is not now that she is in fifth grade. She can finally do long division without making mistakes. She is writing quickly, (though she writes bottom to top formations). She was found twice to not need OT, but still struggles with ties and organizing her space.
She has had pull-out with math facts and organization with writing and organizing time. The public school seems to be very on top of things.
Her special ed teacher called yesterday to say that she believed my daughter is brilliant and she becomes so involved in the "research" phase and the learning phase that she doesn't get started on the project. She believes that her only problem is organization. She was calling to let me know that my daughter had THREE essays to write that evening that she hadn't finished in class.
If she learns to organize her thoughts, can I expect her processing speed to go up?
I have a hard time believing that a kid with a processing speed in the 9th percentile would manage to get so much done.
Do you have any thoughts or questions I should ask? We would like to send her to a private school, but the workload is very tough. I am trying to figure out if the extra stimulation and deep discussions at this school will inspire her or become too much. It seems so right for her. Harkness Table discussions, debate club, reverse classrooms, 90 minute classes, three a day.
But how can a kid in the 9th percentile for speed, make it in a rigorous place like that. How should I go about thinking about this. Will she need my help through middle school? She is a perfectionist and doesn't like help. She tends to avoid anything she sees as too hard, but she will never admit it is too hard. She is extremely creative. She loves to fold paper and packing tape is her favorite gift. She reads non-stop. She is trying to learn to code. She seems to have to work extra hard because she is reversing a lot of code.
Thanks in advance.
