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My son (7) is gifted, his school has no program for children with special needs, and he's having enormous problems in school with other children and his teacher

by gokhan 12y ago

My son (7) is gifted, his school has no program for children with special needs, and he's having enormous problems in school with other children and his teacher. Would you mind sharing some tricks to share with his teacher that might help her handle my son better? We told her to keep him occupied, send him for photocopies, give him some extra tasks in class etc. but she doesn't want to do such things since my son sometimes improvise things and messes up. Sorry for thread hijacking.

theexpedience 12y ago
Have you considered taking him out of the public school system? There are low cost high quality community home school options in many places.
FedRegister 12y ago
Your son improvising and making mistakes is a good thing. Mistakes are what cause us to learn. To make them in an environment with little downside is a great way to grow as a person as opposed to making them in the real world where you could get fired for them.
ScottBurson 12y ago
I'm not a teacher, but I was once a gifted child. If there's any way you could get him into a school with other gifted kids, it would be a wonderful thing. I realize that may not be possible. In a few years you might be able to get him started on Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org/ https://www.khanacademy.org/), but I guess at 7 he's still a bit young for that. There may be other online resources that would work, though... look around. And as someone else mentioned, homeschooling might be an option. In any case, I would suggest encouraging his interests and (particularly at this young age) not worrying about the subjects he's not interested in. If he needs to burn off some energy, permit me to recommend my favorite sport: table tennis. It's a great sport for kids, and 7 is not too young to start learning it. Just a suggestion.

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My son (7) is gifted, his school has no program for children with special needs, and he's having enormous problems in school with other children and his teacher

by gokhan 12y ago

theexpedience 12y ago
Have you considered taking him out of the public school system? There are low cost high quality community home school options in many places.
FedRegister 12y ago
Your son improvising and making mistakes is a good thing. Mistakes are what cause us to learn. To make them in an environment with little downside is a great way to grow as a person as opposed to making them in the real world where you could get fired for them.
ScottBurson 12y ago
I'm not a teacher, but I was once a gifted child. If there's any way you could get him into a school with other gifted kids, it would be a wonderful thing. I realize that may not be possible. In a few years you might be able to get him started on Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org/ https://www.khanacademy.org/), but I guess at 7 he's still a bit young for that. There may be other online resources that would work, though... look around. And as someone else mentioned, homeschooling might be an option. In any case, I would suggest encouraging his interests and (particularly at this young age) not worrying about the subjects he's not interested in. If he needs to burn off some energy, permit me to recommend my favorite sport: table tennis. It's a great sport for kids, and 7 is not too young to start learning it. Just a suggestion.