Alrighty, I'm stuck and need some ideas...
We had such a great meeting with Miss 8's teacher this morning but we all agree that something isn't gelling. J is a curious package - at school, she looks pretty average for an 8 year old but blew everyone away when tested on the WISC-IV. She ceilinged many of the sub-tests, but did poorly on Symbol Search (11) and block design (14). Her processing speed is also low.
She was accelerated this year to year 4 and we saw immediate improvements in her behaviour, focus and level of engagement. The teacher is a real blessing and has closely observed her. She has recommended that J go into a 5-6-7 class next year.
There's no masking involved; she's engaged (mainly due to the teacher) but she's clearly frustrated at her own performance level. "If I'm so smart, why do I get so many things wrong?"
But... the problem seems to be that there's a disconnect between her comprehension, processing and output. She misses key steps in instructions, she skim reads so quickly that she misses critical information, she doesn't check or edit her work, she performs poorly on tests - not because she's not trying, but because there seems to be a hard-wire disconnect happening. She memorising spelling words instantly and holds them until the test, then unilaterally dumps them. At a recent maths test, she couldn't see that an apple and a pear cost $0.85c, how much change will I get from $1.00 - that the answer wasn't 25c. Even thought the teacher told her the answer was wrong, it's like she goes with her gut instinct - spurts out the answer - and then moves on. There's no going back. The answer book must be wrong *sigh*
It's like there's a processing issue, but I don't know what it is, where to look for information, and how to start researching it. Anyone else seen this before? Any articles or resources I might start looking at?
jojo
