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Reading posts about "profoundly" gifted DC = SN below, I think I get it now. Aspergers. Kids who are super-advanced academically but really do have special needs really do deserve tax-paid services.
22 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]that is a different issue and you know it. The question is whether the very few profoundly gifted children need special services . I 'm not advocating that they do, but it is a different question than with a gifted child (at any level of IQ) who also has develomental or learning issues.
[ Reply | Options ]Does your dc have Aspergers? Aren't you the one who said yourd dc is PG because your dc was qualified for 2, and W/L at 1?
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^ and I guess my point is that perhaps that poster who feels her DC is "PG" and deserves more from DOE might actually have a DC that qualifies as SN. My kid just tests very well I guess, does not seem to need anything all that special to learn well.
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Labels only matter for getting services. merely trying to suggest a possible strategy for desperate moms who feel their DC are PG. I'm just lucky mine tested so well since zoned school. Trying to be sympathetic and help.
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I think you're mixing up the posters in the thread. Read a bit more carefully to understand what's going on here.
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Are you the one who claims your dc is a PG because he was qulaified for 2 and W/L at 1?
[ Reply | Options ]I don't claim that DC is PG, but DC did test in to the top progams FWIW. DC might be an Einstein, probably not, who knows? I'm just focused on getting best possible school placement, and that will change as DC grows.
[ Reply | Options ]It sound s like you chanhed your mind about your dc being a PG. Threashold for a PG is much higher than tesing well to be qualified for the top programs in NYC. There is no consideration for PG children in current educational sysytem even though their potential contribution to the society and the world is significant. PGs have special needs in a sense that their needs are not addressed anywhere in the current educational system. This lack of consideration for their needs creates huge problems in various forms for these PG children. No matter how bright they are, they're still children and they need to be cared for until they become self sufficient adults.
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This reallty isn't a joke--profoundly gifted do have special needs. But its very, very rare. I am a teacher and I have only had one pg in my career--you know it when you see it, but lots of parents think their children are pg when they are just highly intelligent/very advanced.
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