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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will flat out admit it.  I don't think my daughter is particularly bright.  She is 12 years old and has taken the WISC IV that showed her IQ as being a 110, but with an extremely low processing speed.  I realize that her iq definitely puts her well in the average range, but she is so impacted by her low processing speed that for all practical purposes she doesn't come across as smart in many areas.  Her teachers always have concerns about her.  She has to study very hard to retain anything, and she's very easily distracted and only manages to get B's because we sit down with her to study every night.  But this can't go on forever and I have a hard time seeing how she can get through college.  However, what worries me even more than college is if she will be able to remain employed.  To be completely honest, I just can't imagine her being very good at any job.  This is extremely painful for me to admit to myself, much less post.  But I am absolutely worried to death about her future, and am just trying to envision what kind of job a person like her could possibly do.

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STOP IT.....JUST STOP IT.

Your daughter will be fine.  At 12 years old, she has lots of maturing to do and decide what she wants in life.  Just encourage her to do her best.  [/quote]

I think for people like OP who are facing this is situation with their kids is that high school is going to be a struggle as will college. Students like this will have to studying three times as hard and work at it vs. a peer and that's tough and lots of kids won't be able to hang in there and do it. With college admissions they way they are, it's tough if you have a 2.8 to get into a public college these days.

It's also way more of a practical issue. Since my own child deals with low processing, in every day situations, since it takes her a little longer, or she can confuse something, or she doesn't quite get innuendo like others do, she can come off looking not so bright to others. People who don't know the person are not as forgiving and especially if it's a first impression.  I think people don't understand that slow processing goes beyond academic work and effects kids in other areas and will eventually effect them as adults.

With maturity comes the ability to be better able to hide these deficits not necessarily that they go away.[/quote]

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