One more thing, you say is I don't want her to struggle with this her whole life. She probably won't. Some skills like low processing & working memory make certain things difficult, like taking a timed math test but not others like solving that challenge math question. It's why many people use GAI for gifted identification because many gifted kids lag in this area. (It's very common among gifted kids.) Classrooms can be more difficult that many jobs because teachers these days wants students to learn to do everything quickly. But not everything in life requires working quickly, sometimes it's more important to think long & hard. We are all have our differences and IMO it's good that we have a world of people with different strengths & interests.
The sad part is the things my DS17 has decided he didn't like that I only later realized was because of his slower processing. I could never get him interested in chess because when I tried group chess classes/groups they all used chess clocks. It's not that chess that was uninteresting it was having to play chess against a timer that he didn't like.
As to the learning an musical instrument helping. My son plays a musical instrument. He loves it, has played clarinet for 7 years. Plays 1st chair in the "jv" H.S. band. He is in marching band and it's been wonderful for him. Has it helped his processing speed? I have no idea because I never had him tested till H.S. & didn't even really understand that was one of his issues. Has he learned a lot from being in music. Yes.. defiantly and I'd recommend it in a heart beat if your child has any interest. But I'm not holding out that it's going to improve his processing speed.
Last edited by bluemagic; 02/26/16 11:49 PM.
