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Parenting and Advocacy
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Hi Steph, I have a BS in Psych and am finishing up my M.Ed. right now. You are right. Gifted education is barely a blip on the radar in my classes. Which translates into most teachers have little or no knowledge on educating gifted children.
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General Discussion
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Welcome Tofu! Reading your post I have to ask about your older child. You mentioned some problems that led to homeschooling and I have to wonder if the problems are tied to him being gifted as well. It isn't absolute but there is evidence suggestin
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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For the SB-5, I've gathered data one test result at a time. My tables are incomplete, but I do have a good skeleton amount of info. Luckily, the 128 data point was on my list. This data is typically only found within the "top secret" sco
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General Discussion
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Originally Posted By: LorelI think Stanford does a Splash for those on the "other" coast. There are a handful of schools doing some type of Splash program now. I poked around and found this - there is a Splash at Stanford! I had no idea
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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This thread has been very helpful to me as well. Listening to everyone who's been there already is nice. I have been wondering what school would bring for my DD6 since she was three. I can relate to your wanting testing at an early age. I've se
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Parenting and Advocacy
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Originally Posted By: CAMomWe had a similar argument with DS's K teacher last year. She knew he was reading but had marked him as "approaching the standard" on letter recognition A-Z because she only tested A-M the first semester. If you pu
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Recommended Resources
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Just click on the links mentioned in this thread. There are literally pages of information on the group available. Otherwise click on my name and search my posts for EPGY.
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GT Research
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BWBShari- How much time does he use doing his homeschooling? If he can get thru his school work so fast that might present an opportunity to do something else like hiking or skiing or big projects/hobbies. I see you have lots of kids which takes lot
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General Discussion
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The Leonids are a lot of fun. The best way to take them in is in a very dark location outside of the city from 4am to 6am. Rather than stay up, go to bed and get up early!!! The 1966 Leonids are the stuff of legend. In the early 80s I met a guy
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High School
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Originally Posted By: GrinityOriginally Posted By: Cricket2Originally Posted By: GrinityI would certainly consider letting her start High School next year, perhaps skipping into 8th grade now, if a scholarship is a main concern. She skipped 5th la
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General Discussion
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The SET cuts are considerably higher than the DYS cuts. So....we would expect a smaller percentage within the SET population. However, many familiesthat aren't interested in DYS, find themselves in SET. The numbers for DYS should be higher, but t
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Parenting and Advocacy
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That's a good idea. I'm going to search for one right now. I'm sure we have one in the area. Thanks.
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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I think she should be prepared in this way. Tell her they will ask her questions and she is not expected to know all the answers and some things might even seem silly. She should just do her best. I would be very relaxed about it and say she did a go
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Recommended Resources
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HEROES will have its Second Annual Conference for profoundly gifted students and their parents on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Rutgers' University Inn & Conference Center on Cook/Douglass Campus in New Brunswick. Students can select from a var
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Kids love hearing their own voices, so I'm sure it would get used no matter what you decide to do with school. LOL!
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Parenting and Advocacy
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I'm pretty new to this stuff and still haven't even had our initial IEP yet so take my advice with a grain of salt. I'm learning to read all the laws and regulations for your particular state that you can find! If you are lucky enough to be in one of
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Parenting and Advocacy
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I love all the dog stories. We have two golden retrievers. Goldens are intelligent dogs and our one dog who looks like the typical golden that you see on the dog food bags is very intelligent. But our other dog who is show quality lacks a little in t
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Congrats on the scores. You should be very proud of her and I hope the pull out program helps. Crossing my fingers for you.
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GT Research
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what kids don't learn when they aren't challenged This article puts into words exactly my concerns for DS9. Thankyou! Ex. He knows his spelling, social studies, and science the first day so he really does not need to study. He wants to be a good s
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Identification, Testing & Assessment
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Dandy - ok. thanks for the encouragement. Maybe I'll give it a try again another day.
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Learning Environments
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Example: For spelling you give the spelling pretest. If the kid gets >80% (I think) you can skip the worksheets. We took several placement tests to determine appropriate placement. I do not want to accelerate beyond 1 year as the writing demands
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Age or Ability Specific Forums
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This is all very interesting. I had heard of redshirting for academic or sporting reasons, but never really thought that much about it, as how did it affect my child ? Ds6 is in 1st grade at a Title 1 school (about 70% of the students are free or re
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Parenting and Advocacy
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Hi Heroes! Nice to see you here. Feel free to tell people about your upcoming events- I am sure you'll generate some interest! warmly, Lorel
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Recommended Resources
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My older kids used this site back when it was still free. They enjoyed it but looks like they charge a fee now and it's changed a bit. http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
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Parenting and Advocacy
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Originally Posted By: Breakaway4 Anyone have any thoughts on personality type and the reliability of test results? I know that my son will put in the bare minumum required (or less) if asked to do something he is not interested in like "tho
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