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Is J gifted (and should I give up)?
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<blockquote data-quote="busywend" data-source="post: 534751" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>Here is my input...and I am NOT expert by any means. I think it is often the case that just like in blindness one's hearing is more in tune....when a child has one disability (say inattentiveness) something else excels. It could be a quick processing of data or super memory. </p><p>When difficult child was tested (sounds very similar) she was shown pictures and told what word those pictures represent. For example, she was shown a house and told that picture represented the word flower, shown a car and told that was a horse. OK. So, this went on for an hour. It was a flip book. Each time she got through a sentence, he showed her more pictures that represented new words and the story continued. I can tell you I was COMPLETELY LOST after 3 flips of the book. She did about 30 pages. Gifted? Probably not, but certainly strong in that memory, processing thing. I was sitting there with my mouth hanging open. </p><p></p><p>So, to me alternative school is the BEST possible way to gather these strengths and turn them into support for the weaknesses. I tried like heck to find something like that here. Nothing. I begged the school to find something alternative. I just knew working hands on would have been her thing. As I understand it there is something local now....sigh....if only she were born later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busywend, post: 534751, member: 391"] Here is my input...and I am NOT expert by any means. I think it is often the case that just like in blindness one's hearing is more in tune....when a child has one disability (say inattentiveness) something else excels. It could be a quick processing of data or super memory. When difficult child was tested (sounds very similar) she was shown pictures and told what word those pictures represent. For example, she was shown a house and told that picture represented the word flower, shown a car and told that was a horse. OK. So, this went on for an hour. It was a flip book. Each time she got through a sentence, he showed her more pictures that represented new words and the story continued. I can tell you I was COMPLETELY LOST after 3 flips of the book. She did about 30 pages. Gifted? Probably not, but certainly strong in that memory, processing thing. I was sitting there with my mouth hanging open. So, to me alternative school is the BEST possible way to gather these strengths and turn them into support for the weaknesses. I tried like heck to find something like that here. Nothing. I begged the school to find something alternative. I just knew working hands on would have been her thing. As I understand it there is something local now....sigh....if only she were born later. [/QUOTE]
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