Struggling with advanced class placement or no

April 9, 2009

Is anybody else struggling with advanced class placement for their aspie? How

does one decide whether he should be in more advanced classes with more

accommodations or grade-level classes where he can be more on his own? Some

background. My son placed into the gifted program when he was young. He did

that for a few years, but was kicked out for his various issues, mainly he

worked too slowly in class, didn't provide enough detail in his answers and

didn't get homework done. He had no accommodations at all. I think all of this

stuff could have been resolved with accommodations. Although with jr/sr high

Pre-AP/AP classes I'm not so sure. If it were up to me, this would be a

no-brainer. He is only borderline gifted with a verbal IQ of 130 and non-verbal

IQ of 125, and his processing speed and working memory are considerably lower.

I really think college classes can wait until college. Grade-level is fine with

me. But HE misses his GT classes and wants to get back into the more advanced

classes. He insisted on trying to sign up for a couple. I couldn't even talk

him into just trying one. I would not think the school will let him take these

classes as it stands. I went ahead and filled out the forms because I decided

it is the school that needs to say " no " not Mom. In any case, I don't know

whether I should dismiss this wish of his as unrealistic or be encouraging. I

really don't. He aced the state reading exam this year, but his semester exam

grades range from 43 to A's. His grades range from just passing to A's--all

grade level. You just never know with him. I really don't feel like I have a

clue what he is capable of at this point or what is realistic, and I don't know

how to tell! Any BTDT? Thoughts? I don't know if I can trust the school

staff's opinions--they will just want to make it easy on the teachers. Thanks

in advance!

Ruth

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