Tweaking and Regrouping

I took my homeschooler for a 'try-out' for a research study that, if she is chosen, would give her free sensory-based speech and language therapy for several months at a respected institution.

The 'try-out' was the administration of a standardized test, one that is mostly non-verbal.

I watched through a one-way window/mirror.

I was amazed at how far my girl got into the test. I know that she has to miss so many in a row before the administrator stops the test - and I've never seen my girl go sooooo far in a standardized test. I want to see the official results - the results will help me tweak and regroup.

I noticed a couple of things from my position across the glass. My girl tends to answer questions very quickly with "I don't know." I think I do that a lot and I have to stop modeling that for her. She knows a LOT and she needs practice slowing herself down to make that discovery. There were a couple of vocabulary words I thought she should have known, as well.

I have new insight as we tweak and regroup. And we start a new therapy in a couple of weeks, too.