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Ditto. My DD's GT teacher once said to me, we "get" quirky here and that probably half the kids in the class are some kind of undiagnosed "2e". She often tells me that even though DD struggles with the writing requirements, the GT classroom is the place DD needs to be. She said that a traditional teacher probably would misjudge DD's intellect based on her inability to spell and less than perfect penmanship.

Thanks for letting me know your experiences. That puts my mind at ease a bit.

As so often, I agree with MON. One of our gifted teachers had never been to an IEP meeting in 30+ years of teaching. But she really, really got DS, quirks and all; she was firm and fair with him and it really worked.

So much depends on the individual teacher, but so far our experience is that gifted ed. teachers are invested in out-of-the-box kids, and that it can work well.

Don't panic yet, ABQ!

DeeDee

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Persistance overcomes resistance!
Good job mamma!