Gifted kids? (Was Re: Emailing the teacher)

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Roxanna,

Thanks for letting me know we're not alone! :-) I've been doing lots of

research and followed my gut to call our school's Trustee. She is the Board

member who sits on the Spec Ed Advisory Committee and the only person on the

entire Board I trust. She's given me lots of information and has put me in

contact with someone, , in the Spec Ed department who is working hard at

bringing more awareness in our schools as to what " gifted " can look like. She

was going to come to our IPRC, but another commitment has come up. She is

excited that another child has been identified and practically giggled with glee

when I told her Kylie was also HFA/Asperger's. She said her experience has been

that gifted students with ASD are the most enjoyable to work with.

The IPRC is next Tuesday and I hope all works out. In Ontario, Boards are

required to provide or purchase services for all exceptionalities, including

gifted. wants to meet with me and Kylie's teacher for a case meeting to

discuss further outside the IPRC what can be done. I had heard that the Board

will try to argue Kylie's identification by our psychologist, but their cut-off

is 130 IQ and Kylie scored somewhere between that and 140, so I think they'll be

hard-pressed to deny the identification.

Once upon a time I considered homeschooling, but over the years it has become

very obvious Kylie and I would not work well together. We do well with small

instructional time, but full-time would put us both in tears. She's an

extrovert and has made it clear she wants to be in school where the kids are.

I just keep reminding myself parenting is an adventure. :-)

Cheryl S.