Hi Action,
I moved your post over here, because i dont' want you to be lost in the other topic. Hope you don't mind:
Originally Posted by Action
I am new..New to the whole gifted child thing. My son is in the gifted program in our public school system. He is in 2nd grade.
He is having some emotional issues with some other children. One in paticular has often told him that none of the other kids like him or want to play with him. My child has not forgotten this and it sometimes comes out when he is "acting out."
What really bites is that the kid who taunted my child is in the gifted program with my son.
I am learning now..how to cope and deal with these situations. Meanwhile, his regular teacher makes him feel like his behavior is not appropriate and that he needs mental help. She even told me that he may need medication. I have spoken with his gifted teacher and other teachers in the school and they have suggested that he is bored in regular class and is not being challenged. I know he never studies and finishes his homework within minutes. The reading material that he is bringing home is one sentence on one page. I am really at my wits end with this situation. Can anyone offer me some advice on what to do and how to deal...? Please. I must clarify.. His acting out behaviors are not at all disruptive and have only been minor.
I feel as if his teacher is doing him more harm than good because she does not know how to deal with a gifted child..or my gifted child.


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