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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is in 3rd grade AAP - she is an extremely bright, abstract thinker and had a very high NNAT and CogAT, but she's a slow processor, spelling is terrible and she has trouble organizing her thoughts in writing (granted, this is an emerging skill at this age).  Her 2nd grade teacher said DD pretty much was the slowest kid in the class.  Still DD's grades were fine (we put in lots of hours of studying at home) and she always received high marks for effort.  Now in AAP, the difference between her IQ and her processing speed is - no surprise - negatively impacting her grades.  It takes hours to finish/correct what is supposed to be 30 min of homework each night, and several times she's had to take home and finish work that was supposed to have been completed in class.  Still, she loves the class, the peer group and the rich content.

I don't know where to begin to try to address these issues.  Teacher generally is not sympathetic (her view is that other AAP families are asking for MORE work, so this is a lesser workload to begin with).  DD's grades aren't terrible, but I see a scary trend of spelling not improving despite at-home intervention and omissions/misunderstanding of instructions on tests, etc.  Who else at school should I speak with and what can be done about it?  Will the school do a WISC or other test for processing, or would I need to do private testing first to prove that there even is a processing problem?

Note - I saved a number of worksheets from her 2nd grade teacher with comments such as DD did not finish, had 30 minutes but only produced two sentences, etc.  In other words, I have evidence from the school that DD has had this issue for some time.  But of course the teacher and AART offered no suggestions when I asked what can be done about it.

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