Re: Gifted kids jump queue in Halton

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So what do they do when the kid is autistic AND gifted, or is gifted AND learning-disabled?On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 13:20, environmental1st2003 <no_reply > wrote:

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/schoolsandresources/article/943058--gifted-kids-jump-queue-in-halton

Gifted kids jump queue in Halton

February 22, 2011

Vukets

STAFF REPORTER

Halton's public school board is bumping autistic and learning disabled students to the back of the line for special-needs assessments while testing gifted students for a new program. ...

 Kate Gladstone               

[Guest guest]

An interesting way to divide the parents yet again: the gifted vs. the disabled. Perhaps that's not the intent but these days you never know. What psychologists does it take for gifted certification? When I was a kid they just based it on Achievement Test scores and grades. I aced the tests but had moderate grades because school was so boring and slow I didn't pay much attention, that and math killed my grades.

Didn't complain though because I was learning more outside of school from reading and watching science and history shows anyway.