Originally Posted by indigo
You've received wonderful responses. smile

I would add one thing which may be helpful whatever the score may be... that mantra would be "mindset".

Carol Dweck's Mindset encourages praising effort, talking up the fun of the mental challenge worthy of one's potential. Links to youtube videos:
Ashley Merryman & Po Bronson: The Myth of Praise (link-
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Teaching a Gifted Mindset (link-
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Indigo, thank you for the mindset link. This is exactly why we agreed to have ds12 skip 6th grade; we were afraid he was developing a fixed mindset exacerbated by perfectionism.