Thanks so much everyone for the suggestions so far. I agree that the keyboarding will probably help in general, but I don't think it's going to help with the in class writing requirement and the testing. I don't see how I can get a special accomodation like keyboard access with no recognized disability, but I will do some asking around - the worst that happens is they say 'no'. It is something we've dabbled in a little at home, but probably need to put in some effort to build comfort and speed.
Lisa, based on your experience do you have any suggestions for how I can help my DD with this? I'm willing to accept that this just is going to be a bottleneck and she may not be all that successful in the regular classroom context, but I'd like to try to find a way so that it is not outright painful. What strategies did you use?
DD is already quite non-mainstream - strongly introverted, very tempermental, intense OEs, particularly emotional, distracted, resistant, opinionated, etc. and functioning in a regular classroom is an effort already. I'm looking for coping tools for her to handle the demands and expectations of that mainstream environment. Our other educational options are extremely limited.
