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Parenting and Advocacy
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In 1st Grade DS learned nothing academically, we were expecting this but told him to hang in there that year was about getting use to a new school. In 2nd Grade, he was very disappointed again he knew it all. I was shocked by this and thought, the mo
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Parenting and Advocacy
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Well we all know how frustrating this is. My DS is in 4th grad and the school has now just taken away the 45 minutes, once a week slot of stimulating G&T time. I started looking at private schools (which we as well can't afford but are so despe
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Originally Posted By: DandyGiven their reaction to previous attempts at presenting information, I can't envision them taking any "hints." Your putting considerable effort into second-guessing people who haven't acted terribly rational thus
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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One boy in our school missed entrance into the G&T program using the WISC IV by a few points as well. His mom had him tested a year later outside and they would not accept his scores. She fought and fought the administration due to her instinct
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Sorry to add one more thing but the new program is now using the MAPS and COGAT test which I will receive today at conferences so we will see what happens. Thanks again.
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Found a couple of checklists on the NSW Department of Education and Training website. Those of you with young or primary aged children, not already formally tested, may be interested. ??? if they may also be helpful when advocating for your child. h
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Twice Exceptional
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It sounds like he would benefit a great deal from therapy. It sounds like he's asking for help he just doesn't know what help. Cognitive behavioral therapy is particularly helpful for anxiety and at his age he may make very rapid progress. As you sai
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General Discussion
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Re: SIG
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@ Yesterday at 09:18 PM
very much the same experience as above...
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General Discussion
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“Energy and persistence alter all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Parenting and Advocacy
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Love the story too! Off to post Ben Franklin's words on the quote thread.
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General Discussion
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Polly - your post made me smile. Not sure why, but it did. Everyone truly has to find their own way, I guess. Thanks! Originally Posted By: GrinitySounds like 'enforced underachievement' to me - which makes motivation very difficult for anyone to
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GT Research
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Originally Posted By: twomooseI think there may be a selection bias in the study, because the Target group was kids who were identified by their parents as gifted. Maybe a percentage of the kids were not gifted (say, as defined by objective measures)
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General Discussion
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Good news - DS2's hearing check last week came out fine. He's back in speech therapy and I've been requesting his favorite therapist. After waiting two weeks to get on her schedule, they tried to switch us at the last minute (i.e. when we arrived)
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General Discussion
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I find that most of my DS5's K homework seems to be "make sure all the moms and/or dads are involved in their kids' schoolwork" assignments. It's not generally "real" work, or even practice to help them learn specific skills. (Som
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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No regrets really, just some things he ended up thinking about that he otherwise probably wouldn't have. There's a lot of discussion of bullying both physical and emotional. There are some hints of inappropriate topics related to Greg's older brother
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General Discussion
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Ds is now in 3rd Grade and has reached his 50 AR goal for the year. This is the first year he is required to read ARs. Our school has prizes too but my kids go more for internal prizes like feeling good. In 1st and 2nd he read some ARs but was not
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Regions
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Thanks for sharing that Belle!
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Parenting and Advocacy
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How wonderful you can homeschool her. She really needs more challenge.Does she do anything challenging at home? Some non school type learning would be encouraging.
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Twice Exceptional
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Originally Posted By: eemaHi Kai. DS is already on meds and they have also made a huge difference for us. He gets numerous accomodations, such as extra time etc.. And still his grades don't reflect his ability. He just brought home an English test
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Parenting and Advocacy
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One thing we did with my DD(now)7 was hand her a piece of paper (or several, depending on the intensity) and tell her to tear it up into the smallest pieces she could. It gave the feeling of destroying something which relieved the anger and frustrat
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Learning Environments
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Originally Posted By: ColinsMum At the risk of sounding too idealistic, you do have access to someone who can tell you that kind of thing - your DS. It's his education, after all, and if you can get him to be a reflective learner that's an enormous
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Recommended Resources
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I'm not sure what you mean about an explanation for "how gravity works". There are lots of different explanations for this in different theories of physics, but even a profoundly gifted five-year-old would have trouble understanding most o
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Pre-school
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If my OP makes it seems like all gifted children/adults have no/little friends, I apologize. My personal belief for most things in life is balance, and obviously the child who I grew up with did not have that.
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Recommended Resources
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A quick thankyou to Minniemarx (I think it was your recommendation?) - we're a few chapters into Ned Kelly and the City of Bees and DS7 has pronounced it The Best Book We've Ever Read. Wow - take that J.K & Enid.
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Elementary School
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I never got a chance to chime in on Jen's original thread, but since the subject came back up, figured I'd throw this out now. The recommendation that we got and used very effectively was to establish a reward system for trying. The counselor refer
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