I can relate to this! My DS9 was given the WISC and his processesing speed was 99 percentile. It was the area he scored the highest on. Everything he does is fast!! He has ADHD as well so that plays into it but his processsing speed just amazes me. Every teacher he has had has tried to slow him down but honestly it just isn't in him. Even in kindergarten the teacher said we have him down to a gallop coming off the bus which she considered good. This is more relative to his ADHD. Anyway, what I have found is because he proecess so quickly all tests are done quickly. This is good and bad. He sometimes misses things because he skims the reading or question to quickly. He still always scores above average but I feel the speed sometimes impacts him. Where I have found it the most is standardized tests. If it is a shorter test that keeps his attention he does well but longer reading standardized tests he doesn't do as well on because he goes to quickly. The variance in tests due to speed could be more from ADHD then his processing speed, I'm not sure but thought I would mention in case you see this down the road. I agree though she more then likely isn't normal (in a positive way:)). If she is getting things right and doing them fast she will probably test high in this area.

My DS9 doodles all over the paper. This is because he finishes so early. Sometimes the doodles make it a little sloppy looking. He too reads when he is finished and tends to do a lot of this in school after completling work ahead of others.

Good luck. Its nice to hear others who have dealt with this or noticed the same things!!


DS9 Gifted / ADHD