There's somethin in that noggin

A big white envelope came in the mail with the neuro-psychological test results... and they made me roll my eyes. Jeff just chuckled. We had her take the IQ test to get a baseline of where she is now, having had one surgery on her melon, just in case she has to have any additional treatments in the future that could scramble her thinker even more.

Seems like the normally 3-4 hour test took over 5 hours because Sada maxed out on the reading/comprehension/vocabulary part. That is to say, she went to the end of the test questions and could go no further (greater than 12th grade, 9th month). Math wasn't quite as high, but the psychologist did mention that she could miss 2-3 years of school and would still be way ahead when she went back. The written comprehension did lower her overall score, but they attributed it to left-side weakness. After writing for 15 minutes, Sada was really working hard to write legibly and it took a LONG time to get her written responses completed, even though her completed answers were more on level with higher grades and her oral answers were somewhere up in the stratosphere, too. They had some suggestions for that (typing, non-timed written tests, more multiple choice) if it's still a problem in higher grades, but physical therapy should take care of it before it becomes a real concern.

The testers were shaking their heads each time they came out to talk to me because she was so intent on trying every problem whether she knew how to do it or not, and actually enjoyed the tougher sections. They're so used to kids bouncing off the walls and not focusing on anything that they were a little shocked that Sada kept asking for more time to finish the harder patterns and puzzles.

The most telling part of the whole report was the suggestion that teachers need to stay ahead of her and give her fun projects (not more homework) when she finishes with her regular assignments. That's been the story of her life here and at school. She learns so fast and understands so quickly no one can keep up with her! Makes me appreciate our 4 bookshelves of "vintage" 25-cent library books even more (a hazard of having a child teach herself to read at age 3).