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School is not helping 5 yo kindergartener but stressing out his Mom
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 518868" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>The first thing I'd want to be clear about is what "special needs classes" the school wants to put him in. Are they saying he needs academic help, language help, Occupational Therapist (OT) help, social skills help, or a combination of any of those or something I forgot to mention. Just because a kid is in special needs classes doesn't mean that he is academically or intellectually behind. </p><p></p><p>My son is a perfect example of this. He's now in HS and still gets to go to the special needs resource room. For him it's solely to decompress or get away from stressful situations. He can also get extra assistance there getting and organizing his assignments. The doing part he doesn't need any help with. Gotta say, as smart as he is, if he didn't have this help and support throughout his school career he would not be doing as well as he is doing now. He's taking some honors classes and has a 3.46 weighted GPA.</p><p></p><p>So, <strong>DON'T</strong> let special needs/ Special Education freak you out. Find out specifically what services they intend to give this child. Is he going to spend the whole day in a sped class? Will he be pulled out for services? What is the plan?</p><p></p><p>No, he's not too young to be tested for gifted. Yes the big question is if that's a plain 99 or the 99th percentile. It's a huge difference. If it's percentile, he's truly gifted and it will be difficult to teach this child in a regular setting. 99th percentile is like Albert Einstein smart. A plain 99 is perfectly average.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 518868, member: 11965"] The first thing I'd want to be clear about is what "special needs classes" the school wants to put him in. Are they saying he needs academic help, language help, Occupational Therapist (OT) help, social skills help, or a combination of any of those or something I forgot to mention. Just because a kid is in special needs classes doesn't mean that he is academically or intellectually behind. My son is a perfect example of this. He's now in HS and still gets to go to the special needs resource room. For him it's solely to decompress or get away from stressful situations. He can also get extra assistance there getting and organizing his assignments. The doing part he doesn't need any help with. Gotta say, as smart as he is, if he didn't have this help and support throughout his school career he would not be doing as well as he is doing now. He's taking some honors classes and has a 3.46 weighted GPA. So, [B]DON'T[/B] let special needs/ Special Education freak you out. Find out specifically what services they intend to give this child. Is he going to spend the whole day in a sped class? Will he be pulled out for services? What is the plan? No, he's not too young to be tested for gifted. Yes the big question is if that's a plain 99 or the 99th percentile. It's a huge difference. If it's percentile, he's truly gifted and it will be difficult to teach this child in a regular setting. 99th percentile is like Albert Einstein smart. A plain 99 is perfectly average. [/QUOTE]
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