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Comment on I Could Hardly Believe My Ears….. by Liz Ditz

Liz Ditz — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:23:27 +0000

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Comment on Simply Gifted! by Renata Kowalczyk

Renata Kowalczyk — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:15:42 +0000

Thats very true!! My soon was send for a assesment cause of his behawiour and ofcourse he is gifted but also kind of autistic – notb mixted well and his principal was concerne that he has only one friend… jee I was literly at war with the school, sometime I feel very helpless. sorry for my eng, Im from Poland

Comment on Simply Gifted! by Grainne

Grainne — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:50:16 +0000

Another mum here who often ponders over whether her 6 year old is just gifted or also has something else going on. He’s definitely gifted, and sometimes I think the other things may just be his natural immaturity in contrast to his intellectual hypermaturity. Other times I think his easy frustration/temper is a result of something wrong, while at other times I wonder if it’s just his frustration with a world not quite designed for 6 year olds with his ability. Maybe only time will tell, but I have to say my main concern for him growing up is how his mental health will survive his ability and how it is handled, as well as his sensitivity.

Comment on Gifted Children and Prodigies are two completely separate things. by Fidget Jones

Fidget Jones — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:27:10 +0000

Absolutely Gina. My dd’s were always so well behaved in school, and always got top marks that I was looked at as if I had two heads when I mentioned that there was problems. One of mine has Asperger syndrome with ADD and this wasn’t discovered until she was in College! I used to say to them when they were little “if only you would get up on the desk and do a tap dance in the middle of class, that way someone might take notice!” and it’s true, if they had been disruptive we would have got the help that was needed.

Comment on Simply Gifted! by Fidget Jones

Fidget Jones — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:23:10 +0000

It is so hard when their giftedness isn’t reflected in school work, is dyslexia also in the mix there? Is his teacher approachable? if she is I would gather as much info as you can about auditory processing and ways to help and bring this along to him/her. Have a look at this link and see if there is anything useful for you in it. http://www.nuigalway.ie/faculties_departments/speech_language_therapy/downloads/apd_report.pdf Also I would suggest that you join the forum where other parents with similar issues will be able to share their experiences with you.

Comment on Simply Gifted! by kaza

kaza — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:37:44 +0000

Enjoying the discussion-thank you.

Any thoughts or advice for the anxious mother of a 9 yr old boy who is gifted (he has been assessed) but this is not at all reflected in his written work at school? He is underachieving big time due to huge difficulties with spelling & retention of spellings (auditory processing difficulties) There is not much out there concerning ‘auditory processing’ and ways to help children with this specific learning difficulty & very frustrating when their giftedness is not reflected in their school work, tests, etc.

Any thoughts, experiences, direction would be much appreciated.

Comment on Gifted Children and Prodigies are two completely separate things. by Gina

Gina — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:37:30 +0000

I agree with Geraldine, schools do not accommodate children who appear outside ‘the norm’!! There seems to be a general feeling that if they are reaching the average mark there should be no problem. I know that resources may not always be available in schools but I think the interest often isn’t there to try something different with a child who gets bored when they have learned something and can’t understand why they have to do it over and over.

When this happens they get bored and tune out and are then labelled as simply daydreamers who won’t co-operate. Sometimes just giving them a different exercise to do could possibly help keep their attention focused……..

Comment on Simply Gifted! by Fidget Jones

Fidget Jones — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:20:00 +0000

No problem Louise, there are plenty of shoulders on the forum, we’ve all cried on each others shoulders from time to time. And thank you for your kind words.

Comment on Simply Gifted! by Louise Gaughran

Louise Gaughran — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:25:19 +0000

Hi fidget

thanks for that – I think I might be needing that shoulder to cry on from time to time! Am still waiting on the report and am getting a little nervous about how is school will react to the news – please God they will be as progressive as I hope they are and will provide him with some support. Thanks again, the work you are doing is invaluable x

Comment on Simply Gifted! by Fidget Jones

Fidget Jones — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:05:41 +0000

Hi Louise, It is great that your son has been assessed, but you are right, would he ever have been assessed if teacher had not suspected Asperger/Autism? I doubt it. So many kids are referred because of behavioural issues which turn out to be ‘simply gifted’. Thanks for posting and don’t forget to join the forum you’ll get loads of information and suggestions or simply a shoulder to cry on from time to time.