Slow Processing Speed: What You Need to Know
written by Kate Kelly, published on understood.org
When someone says something to you, how long does it take you to process the information and respond? You may have never even thought about it before. But that response time is the result of something called processing speed.
Everyone processes information at a different pace. Maybe you’ve seen your child standing silently for a few seconds before responding to someone, spending more time on homework than expected, or taking a long time to explain something. This could be related to processing speed.
Learn more about processing speed, and what happens when kids take a long time to process information.