When to Contact a Teacher

[spotty_dog]

BTW, did you get the testing results?

[peggyfromwastate]

I just read through this while thing from start to finish for the first time and I was at first angry, then doubtful anything would change, then happy to see that there is improvement!!

That's great---

I think it's nearly impossible to switch teachers. I've never had luck asking (begging) to get out of classes with horrible teachers. So this is really a super positive development.

[Deebs]

We did get his results. Very high IQ (we suspected), no obvious ADHD, which shocked us, BUT it also can't be ruled out that he has mild ADHD bc we have such a strong family history and many six year old behaviors are the same as those with ADHD, so time will tell. He does have a slight processing delay which can explain some of his distracting behavior and may surface when timed tests begin. I'm glad we did it. I would have mistaken his delay for laziness. The Neuro-psych said she'd normally push for an IEP or 504 because of his delay, but thinks that because his IQ is so high, the school will basically laugh unless he starts struggling with timed tests.


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[spotty_dog]

Well, it gives you something to watch for. I know that a lot of the folks in the homeschool arena struggle pretty mightily with balancing a kiddo's processing delay (and ordinary asynchrony!) with their advanced abilities. If you end up seeing that there's an accommodation that would help him, it'll be helpful to have the results in hand to back you up!

I hope the rest of the school year goes really well for him.

[spaz]

Yep, high IQ kids can mask their disabilities and perform better than most "average" ( though no kid is truly average) kids. So the schools won't be able to tell, and you may not either. I still remember when my middle son was in first grade, he had so much fluid in his ears that he couldn't really hear. He was just reading the teacher's lips!!!!! Also, his eyes didn't track quite the same. My eye doctor asked if he was having trouble in school, and I said no. I couldn't tell when we pulled them out to homeschool. However, after several years of watching him my eye doctor said we should address this so in 5th grade, we did vision therapy to correct it. His test scores had been fine though not off the charts like his brother's ( 70-80 percentile). After fixing the tracking, his test scores jumped up to the 99th percentile. He had just been compensating and was smart enough to do that... I could see my daughter doing that as well. So get his disability addressed ( whatever that looks like)!!!