Shouldnt the school have someone I can turn to? I feel like I am facing such a bias-- and ignorance-- against gifted kids.
THey have all the information yet would let this kid slip through the cracks. Any suggestion??? I can go through all the steps outlined re. the sped process. Never expected that I would meet such resistance.
My son has handwriting issues, but I am afraid I don't have any suggestions. My son was only in public school for Kindergarten and we were told to homeschool. Without coming right out and saying it, a teacher and a a relative of mine (the principal) made sure I understood that there were too many toxic teachers with tenure at our school for them to be able to really help my son, who talked more like an adult but had the handwriting and drawing ability of a younger child. Because he wasn't below grade level in anything, he didn't qualify for OT or anything. It wasn't fair, but it was reality and I just had to accept it. There are too many teachers who don't understand twice exceptional and refuse to learn about it. Because they have tenure they can't be fired or forced to do things differently.
When I complained about the school not doing anything to help my son, people would tell me that yes, it is a shame that kids like this slip through the cracks. There are not enough people who care, at least in my small town, to fix the problems facing 2E students, in fact the superintendent even tried to tell me that having to homeschool my son was a good problem to have. I have come to realize that it is a good problem to have. I am having fun learning right along with my son things that I never got the chance to learn in school.
I found that my son could get his thoughts on paper if he was allowed to use the computer. I don't think they would have let him do this in school.
My son is better able to get his thoughts on paper if he is allowed to type.
