Gifted & Talented Child: Teen
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Help with Highly Gifted Child
Asked by K. from Las Vegas
on June 24, 2010
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My 9-year-old daughter has been tested and classified as Highly Gifted (HG). Her IQ is 150+, but her behavior at school is terrible. I'm told this is normal for HG k...
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- I recently attended a seminar at the U of Oregon dealing with their findings of girls with autism. Please know I am NOT saying your child has this, but they have some ...
- My son has been tested too. He is going into 3rd grade and will be in the gifted/advanced program. He didn't act terrible in school but he also didn't act his best b...
- From 3rd grade on, I was placed in gifted and talented magnet programs. My parents have never divulged my IQ, but tests I've done as an adult put me in the same categ...
Gifted Child Failing
Asked by M.R. from Dallas
on February 2, 2008
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I am at my wit's end. My 13 year old girl is in 8th grade. She was identified as gifted and talented in 5th grade. She was diagnosed as ADD (not ADHD) in 7th grade....
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- There are already a lot of great suggestions in the replies to your post, but thought I would just add a couple other things you could look into. There is a priva...
- Consider if your daughter is suffering from depression. Good luck
- My daughter( who is now a grown woman with a grandchild) was tested in early grade school with an IO of 160. By forth grade she was failing everything,was a problem at...
Testing Out of Kindergarten
Asked by A.K. from Dallas
on April 21, 2011
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Are there any moms out there that decided to have their child test to skip kindergarten and begin first grade? Our daughter is 4 and won't be entering Kindergarten un...
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- My daughter has a September birthday and was basically in the same boat. We let her wait ... so she turned 6 a month after starting Kindergarten. She was already readi...
- I would look into a montessori program. It was great for my daughter and while she was in her 1/2/3 class (they group grades together) she had a friend who was at leas...
- Our youngest is a year ahead in school. She is almost 6, and is finishing 1st grade. She's at the top of her class, loves going to school, has a lot of friends, and he...
6 Year Old May Be Artistically Gifted So....
Asked by E.M. from Denver
on January 11, 2012
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Do we do anything about it? From what I've read online, that being artistically gifted doesn't mean much in school, other than
the child will do some of the best artw...
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- No point in talking to her teacher, it is her job to foster learning, not art. If you feel she is talented and you want to foster it than sign her up for art classes ...
- Found a site that may be of interest to you: http://www.winmentalhealth.com/arts_therapy.php In opening it says: Art and arts therapy, can be an effective therapy...
- Have your daughter focus her best attentions on her schoolwork at school and encourage her drawing/painting/artwork at home. If she is good and has promise, I would lo...
Gifted Child Skipped 1St but Thinking It Was a Bad Idea Now.
Asked by J.J. from South Bend
on January 26, 2011
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What would you do? Our child has been very gifted since 9 months of age. Reading very early, doing basic math by 4, and has an amazing photographic memory. During K...
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- I know many parents who waited to start their child in kindergarten or 1st grade (depending on the school system and what type of preschool they had access to). None ...
- Children - ESPECIALLY that young - need to be with their peers. If they are not, they will be socially crippled. They will not feel like they fit in. Please keep him w...
- You will likely get this teacher again... Maybe he would repeat 2nd grade. Have you looked into private schools
Starting Kindergarten Early???
Asked by A.S. from Minneapolis
on October 2, 2011
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I had my youngest in to the Dr on Friday for his 4 yr check up and I left feeling happy but shocked. He is a happy, smart and energetic boy. When I was reading over ...
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- Having been a gifted and talented teacher, I would be a little cautious of a gifted "diagnosis" this young. In the district I teach in, we don't start looking at selec...
- I am so tired of people saying don't start boys early and even more tired of people actually encouraging holding boys back. The research just does not support this. Ou...
- THere is a wide range of skills a child can do at 4. SOme read and do math computations, some dont', some climb trees and do cartwheels, some don't. Personally I wo...
Trying to Get Daughter into Kindergarten
Asked by C.Y. from Chicago
on July 24, 2009
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My daughter will be 5 years old on Sept 14th, and the school Kindergarten cut off date is the 1st. I went through the early entrance assessments, and she was denied. I...
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- My 26 year old daughter could have started kindergarten before her time. We had her tested; she passed. She was assessed; we were ready to let her start. Socially s...
- Have an extra year with her. She might very well be achedemically and physically ready, but is she socially? My son's birthday is Halloween so I kept him back. He h...
- I had a similar situation with my daughter; she was also physically, social and mentally ready for kindergarten one year early, and could already read at a second g...
Advice on Early Admission to Kindergarten
Asked by J.E. from Indianapolis
on April 16, 2009
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Hello moms! I am considering enrolling my daughter into kindergarten early. I am looking for feedback on pros and cons of this. She will miss the cut-off date in our a...
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- I would wait. My niece's birthday is August 31 and she started kindergarten right around her 5th birthday. They thought she was ready at the time, but her parents an...
- My son was in the exact same boat as your child. He missed the cutoff date by 18 days. But, he was reading, writing well, doing addition, subtraction, and even telling...
- My daughter has a 8/22 birthday and I went ahead and signed her up for early enrollment. The school tests all their kids in the first few weeks to see where they are a...
Kindergarten in the Fall or Wait
Asked by S. from Minneapolis
on March 17, 2008
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We are trying to determine whether or not to send our son to kindergarten in the fall or not. He has a summer birthday, so we can really go either way (He'll be 5 th...
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- Our 1st daughter has a July birthyday, we chose to hold her back. When we were contemplating our options we had a teacher tell us "There are only a few times in your ...
- It is a tough decision and you will get advice that goes both ways. I have been through the decision and strongly feel that it is a very personal decision depending o...
- S., My son is now in 2nd grade, and is a June birthday. I had never even considered holding him back a year until his pre-school teacher asked me if was going to att...
Mothers of ADHD or Gifted boys...Help!
Asked by R.L. from Tulsa
on July 1, 2009
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My question is to moms of ADHD or gifted boys...Can you tell me some behaviors they showed at various ages that you look back on now as being red flags? Any age would ...
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- Hey rachel my name is K. and I dont know too much about add or adhd but they thought my son had it he is almost 8 now and he is so much better. I work at home with a ...
- Yep, your life will be very interesting. I raised a gifted son and daughter (school tested-not my diagnosis, only a year apart in age and all I ever had). The testing ...
- I am not a mother of ADHD or gifted boys but I am a mother of 2 wonderful sons. In hope to answer your question there are some tests that can be given by a Child Psyc...
