Welcome Stephanie! Sorry you're going through this. frown
My DS6 is early in the schooling process so I don't have any specific advice, but I do know that others have posted similar frustrations. You are not alone.

Originally Posted by stephanie
Is there any research I can show to support the need for advanced work for a HG+ child, even though he is not coming "top of the class" ?

Yes, there's lots on the davidsongifted.org website. Also, here's a link to some social/emotional issues with giftedness from the hoagies.org website: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/social_emotional.htm

The good news is that from the successes I've read about on this board, kids are generally resilient and can survive a bad year and end up happy when the school situation improves even a little...


Last edited by Jool; 12/20/08 08:59 PM.