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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high IQ low processing speed child. I have one. She qualifies for extra time but she’s never used it.

Her high intelligence more than compensates for her speed. She’s not slow because the SAT is easy. She will still score in the 99th percentile. That has always been the case in school. Only when the content is difficult does she become slow. But I would think that’s like everyone. [/quote]

I'm one of the posters who has been stating that the SAT (in part) tests processing speed, and I absolutely believe that other kinds of intelligence compensate for low processing speed.  That said, I have a hard time grasping how your child could actually have low processing speed, and yet get 99% on the SAT. My guess is that the low processing must be a function of attention with her,  not actual cognitive ability.  EVERYONE's processing speed slows down when the content gets more difficult or their focus wanes.  At any rate, I also agree that processing speed is not the ultimate measure of intelligence or achievement.  But I think that it's really on the colleges to design admissions policies that take this into account -- not to rely on the SAT score alone.  [/quote]

Low processing speed is not shorthand for cognitive ability.

You use different instruments to test both. And for anyone cognitive ability is not determined on a timed test.

Further to get a diagnosis of ADHD you must take other tests that look at working memory, long term memory, and retrieval, executive functioning, and consider the student's interactions with peers and family.

An ethical psychologist will only give a diagnosis if there are deficits in 3 domains -- school, home and social interactions.

There probably are unethical practitioners that take shortcuts and give a diagnosis for only lower than average processing speed who should be sanctioned and lose their licenses, and be prosecuted for insurance fraud if they provide a receipt to parents that falsifies results to be given to an insurer for reimbursement.

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