You may have read this elsewhere on the forums, however it is good information, applicable to your situation, so it bears repeating...
1) Research and print what your state laws may say about gifted education services and/or acceleration. Davidson offers a great starting point,
How gifted-friendly is your state? 2) Check your district policies on gifted education services and/or acceleration, and print this as well.
3) Look into the Iowa Acceleration Scale (
IAS), which helps evaluate readiness for a whole-grade acceleration (full grade skip). More info at the website of the
Acceleration Institute, including
Selected Books on Math Acceleration.
4) Have you seen the advocacy
Guidebook on the Davidson Database?
More advocacy tips:
- In this
recent thread, several posts discuss reasons to not use the word "bored" when advocating.
- While in general there is good and bad in everything, a focus on negativity and disappointment may be seen as
smacking the oobleck with a spoon and creating an unyielding solid... it works against advocacy.
- Focus on the positive, on the ideas set forth in the law and in school policies, and how the school can implement these to help meet your child's needs for intellectual peers and an appropriate level of academic challenge and pacing.
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Tips on preparing for a meeting.
- In addition to many helpful threads on the forums, the
Davidson Database contains many articles by experts.
