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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine is a young adult now. Processing speed &lt;5th percentile. IQ &gt;97th percentile. It’s really tough for him. It’s like it takes him awhile to understand what’s going on around him. But once he’s got it, you wouldn’t notice. Honestly though it can be painful to watch him try to enter conversations and start school assignments and projects. [/quote]

My son has a very similar profile. 3rd percentile for processing speed, 98th percentile and above for all those others. I was told from the age of 5 on, when this profile was discovered, that it would be very hard. And it was. He is quite intelligent--no mere mortal is how one tester have described him--but struggled terribly all through school. He could do very well in honors and advanced classes in humanities, as long as he was managing his time and using the right tools to study--repeating back, etc. And failed miserably in most math classes. He is now a senior finance major in college, did horribly in all business classes that have anything to do with numbers, but wonderfully in all the liberal arts type classes and decided to double-major in Philosophy. OP: your child's profile will not be as challenging. 25th perecentile is not that low and the gap between all the tests isn't as large. I was told that it's the gap that makes life so challenging. I would cement really good study practices from a very young age. My DD has a profile more like your daughter's and she is very good at managing her time, using good study skills, and meeting with teachers--I cannot emphasize that enough. As she gets into high school, meeting with teachers, all the time, is huge. Don't forget that. Your DD seems like she has a lot of good strengths, so just shore those up and she'll do great! [/quote]

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