Hi all, just a quick update.
I met with C-dog's teacher this morning. She had the reading specialist administer a reading test and now believes C-dog can really read.
I was expecting the worst going into the meeting, but it went better than expected. I had her report from testing and some work from a summer gifted program in which she was put in a class with children 1-3 years older. The teacher really seemed to turn around when she saw what the summer teacher wrote about C-dog's demonstrated abilities. She had been afraid that my daughter would feel frustrated if she went into enrichment with other children and couldn't do what they were doing. I think she realizes that C-dog isn't showing her anything extraordinary because she really hasn't been expected to do so. On the downside, she used the "cream of the crop" statement again. Even though I wanted to vomit, I calmly brought her back to C-dog's test score and reminded her that she is in the 99.6th percentile. That means she scored in the top 1/2 of 1% of her peers and regardless of her opinion, I consider her to be the "cream of the crop" in terms of intellectual and cognitive abilities. She didn't love it that I said that, but I bet she won't use that awful descriptor when referring to what my child is not, again. She will send C-dog to the gifted programs now, so I guess my first real effort at advocating worked out well. Best case scenario, though, I'm not sure the school will be able to accomodate either of my girls in reference to what they are really able to do. I am considering going back to work in order to send them to one of the gifted private schools in the area. It has really helped me to read all the posts in reference to my original question. It also helped me just to read what else is going on with others and what they are doing, so thanks everybody.
Peace,
Incog
