Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy Messed up the parent-teacher conference!

Most teachers are not trained for the gifted situation. I think it can be uncomfortable for them. I would suggest seeing if your school has a gifted teacher and talk with her.

Read the Davidson Guide book on advocacy. I also posted a thread with some very simple tips like don't talk gifted. Talk about challenge needed. Don't say boring that upsets teachers. I messed up by using these two mistakes and really regret that.

I would look into testing if you can. Schools need the test results to take action. If there is no gifted teacher approach the principal with a very lets work together approach.

There is lots to read about this. I started with the books listed in the Davidson guide.

good luck.