Reply to Extremely slow processing speed and average intelligence

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Extremely slow processing speed and average intelligence"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I have an 11 year old DS with the same profile (no ADHD though). Definitely soccer was terrible. After learning his diagnosis we suddenly understood why he just couldn't see to "get in the action". Thankfully he was diagnosed at 7 and we've had IEP supports since then. He is still a slow reader (we are encouraging audiobooks to keep him interested in reading), a slow writer (needs and gets writing support), terrific at math, passionate about lots of things, the sweetest kid, and he struggles with anxiety (he's been seeing a therapist for the past few years which has really helped with his anxiety levels). I have found that getting a team approach going (with his teachers and doctors) has really helped him. We've tried lots of individual sports but he feels to anxious to do anything competitive. He loves rock climbing though. The other interested trait that he has had since he was very young is whenever he is put in a new situation (a theater performance, an amazing movie, etc) he can't react to it in the moment. He just has a look of intense concentration on his face (won't even laugh if it is something funny) but as soon as it is over he'll start to share his emotions and thoughts about what he just experienced. For us, that is what slow processing means. He learns in two steps, (1) processing the information, (2) reacting to/analyzing the information. He can't do them both at the same time. We've had lots of discussions with him about his learning style and his strengths and weaknesses and I think talking about it has helped him accept his abilities and appreciate the things that he is really good at (which are many!). We will be retesting him before middle school (so next year) and it will be interesting to see how his results may have changed.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics