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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 107007" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>I put a call in to difficult child 2's case worker and the doctor who did the report. </p><p></p><p>difficult child 2 desperately wants to be a part of something, and he's very gifted in gymnastics *IF* someone takes the time to work with him. In the previous class, he mastered the skills in less than 2 weeks, but the teacher was great with him (You are so right, SRL, about the teacher making a difference - except then he was bored because he wasn't being challenged enough...and that was no good, either). We would like difficult child to be in the class because it requires a lot of coordination of muscles, concentration to use them (which he can do), and gives him additional "moves" he does at home to burn off even more energy between classes. We originally put him in gymnastics when we couldn't keep him off the high furniture. They taught him to roll when he jumped or fell as a safety issue, and he loved it.</p><p></p><p>I don't have the luxury of picking the teacher, and no, I won't leave him in the class if it doesn't get better, but I can't expect it to get better if I don't give the teacher info, either. While difficult child is no where near mentally retarded, I merely was looking for something in black and white to quickly give this young man. While difficult child's "optimal" iq is unkown (but suspected to be very high), his "functional" iq is low. I just want to make sure that I'm using that number in the appropriate context. I don't want to make a statement that isn't true. </p><p></p><p>If I give teacher additional info and he continues to ignore it, I'll have to pull difficult child and ask the director to go to the private classes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 107007, member: 1848"] I put a call in to difficult child 2's case worker and the doctor who did the report. difficult child 2 desperately wants to be a part of something, and he's very gifted in gymnastics *IF* someone takes the time to work with him. In the previous class, he mastered the skills in less than 2 weeks, but the teacher was great with him (You are so right, SRL, about the teacher making a difference - except then he was bored because he wasn't being challenged enough...and that was no good, either). We would like difficult child to be in the class because it requires a lot of coordination of muscles, concentration to use them (which he can do), and gives him additional "moves" he does at home to burn off even more energy between classes. We originally put him in gymnastics when we couldn't keep him off the high furniture. They taught him to roll when he jumped or fell as a safety issue, and he loved it. I don't have the luxury of picking the teacher, and no, I won't leave him in the class if it doesn't get better, but I can't expect it to get better if I don't give the teacher info, either. While difficult child is no where near mentally retarded, I merely was looking for something in black and white to quickly give this young man. While difficult child's "optimal" iq is unkown (but suspected to be very high), his "functional" iq is low. I just want to make sure that I'm using that number in the appropriate context. I don't want to make a statement that isn't true. If I give teacher additional info and he continues to ignore it, I'll have to pull difficult child and ask the director to go to the private classes. [/QUOTE]
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