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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It doesn’t mean anything in the absence of actual challenges you are seeing. Could be a mistake, or could be correct but nbd. [/b]Everyone would have some quirks if we were all subjected to extensive testing. [/quote]

This. Why was your child being tested?

And was the test a WISC? Processing speed is measured on the WISC using two pencil and paper visual scanning tasks. Sometimes kids do poorly because they think and problem solve slowly. Sometimes they write/make marks slowly, or spend a lot of time erasing to make it perfect. Sometimes they don't go as quickly as they can because they are nervous.

The scores can be helpful, but they are not a magical snapshot of your child's brain and abilities. You have to consider the context of the concerns you had or didn't have before testing.

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This.

I have DC whose last psycho-educational testing had results similar to your DC's. My DC is in middle school. It has had no effect on his functioning at all. He's in regular public with no IEP and doing well in school.

It concerned me so I had that subtest administered by another tester six months later and that result was normal.

The test results are very dependent on the tester's skills and those can vary widely.[/quote]

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