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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of kids get through the work pretty quickly. Mine needs the extra time to check for careless errors.[/quote]

How is this different from any other kid?[/quote]

When you have a condition like ADHD, your brain works at a different speed and consequently careless errors are very common.  Giving these kids the chance to go back and check work without tight time constraints shows the true intellectual capabilities of these kids.  The brain of a child with ADHD is like a Porsche engine stuck inside a Volkswagen bug. His body is going at one pace but internally he has a motor that’s running a million miles an hour.  The extra time gives these kids a chance to create balance where it doesn't exist.  Using the extra time enables them to go back and see where they moved too fast and checked the wrong answer because of the Porsche brain/Volkswagon body analogy.  My kid's biggest issue is careless errors.  He knows the material, but in a testing situation he moves to fast.  An example is that he would know the equation to solve a particular math question, but perhaps he will move too fast and make a careless calculation error.  The extra time gives him the opportunity to go back and look for those errors.

You can say just teach them to slow down.  That is a good thought, but their brains are wired differently, and slowing down is impossible.[/quote]

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