Hi Grinity,
We will take 6mths off for intensive therapy. Thereafter, it will become clearer if he goes back to school or not. If he is happy with more meaningful friendships outside of school, probably not. More than 48 hours has gone by since the meeting with the school and my euphoria has died down. The Ministry had promised us so much and delivered virtually nothing. I take the school's word more seriously, but they are a school after all. How can teachers put up with his non-stop questioning when there are so many other kids around? Already his teacher, insightful as she is, has labelled this behaviour as attention seeking.
These are interesting questions you ask. Indeed, I am my son's soulmate and yes, vice versa too. Isn't it great for us?
The gifted programme here - technically, it's the top 1%. But the screening is based on achievement 1st and IQ second, which would already throw out those with LDs that are severe enough to interfere with achievement. Maybe it's the limited number of gifted-programme parents I've met - most of their kids are compliant, task oriented souls who do tonnes of homework without complaint and go for all sorts of tuition classes after school to ensure that they have perfect grades, *faint*.
My biggest fear, as DH reminded me this morning, is if DS continues to not be able to put up with people who are not his equal and he ends up old and alone and solving math problems for fun. I want to remember what you said - for this not to happen, he needs interaction with "true peers". What's the likelihood of that happening at Grade 2 or Grade 4? We have many years ahead of us. One day, it WILL happen!
