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Strong Processing Speed

Checklist

I DEMONSTRATED
SKILL
THIS SKILL

AUDITORY & VERBAL PROCESSING

I can listen and make sense of information people are
giving me fast enough to make sense of it. If it gets
too hard for me, I ask people to slow down or to give
me the information in a way that I can keep up.

I can keep up with a lesson or activity when someone
is explaining things. If it gets too hard for me, I ask
people to slow down or give information in a way that
I can keep up.

I can make sense of what I am hearing fast enough to
keep up with a conversation. If it gets too hard for me,
I ask people to slow down or give me the information
in a way that I can keep up.

I can understand and follow instructions correctly,
asking for help if I am not sure.
I can understand and follow directions correctly, asking
for help if I am not sure.

I can retrieve facts from my memory to answer
questions within the expected amount of time. If this
is hard for me, I am practising ways to increase my
speed and am speeding up, bit by bit.
I can quickly recall and answer mathematical facts

such as multiplication facts.
I can listen and take notes, keeping up with the
information being given. If it gets too hard for me, I
ask people to slow down or to give me the information
in a way that I can keep up.

I can think of ideas and explain them at the same
speed as other people my age. If this is hard, I am
practising ways to increase my speed and am speeding
up, bit by bit.

N.B. Although it is possible to improve Processing Speed through repeated and consistent practise, if a child has
a specific cognitive difficulty in this area, they may continue to find it extremely hard to demonstrate the skills
detailed above. It may therefore be necessary to provide scaffolds and support the child in learning strategies to 9
support their Processing Speed (see our Strength Based Approach to Executive Function Skills book for details
on effective strategies and scaffolds).