This board said my kid didn’t belong in AAP 6 years ago!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

Why would anyone listen to randos on DCUM when it comes to something so important in the first place? Was this post even necessary OP?

A lot of readers of DCUM place great importance on its collective wisdom and tend to forget that some parents post to dissuade the competition. As the parent of a child with SN, we are also often told not to expect anything from our kids, to let them live a life of ease, and never challenge them. Which obviously, is nuts given that they'll eventually need to be financially independent if they can, and that's easier to do with a college degree... But people equate "SN" with "low IQ" and don't understand the first thing about our children's struggles.

Obviously you’re not posting on the special needs board where absolutely no one says this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

Why would anyone listen to randos on DCUM when it comes to something so important in the first place? Was this post even necessary OP?

A lot of readers of DCUM place great importance on its collective wisdom and tend to forget that some parents post to dissuade the competition. As the parent of a child with SN, we are also often told not to expect anything from our kids, to let them live a life of ease, and never challenge them. Which obviously, is nuts given that they'll eventually need to be financially independent if they can, and that's easier to do with a college degree... But people equate "SN" with "low IQ" and don't understand the first thing about our children's struggles.

Obviously you’re not posting on the special needs board where absolutely no one says this.

PP you replied to. You're wrong. The special needs board is full of lovely, empathetic people, but a lot of them don't push their kids to excel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

Sure, if you consider AAP "exceptional"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember re applying for AAP back in 3rd grade - this board said my kid didn’t belong bc he was twice exceptional and didn’t have high enough scores. Thank God I didn’t listen then. He got in and absolutely thrived. He’s now a freshman and has finished the year with straight As in all honors courses. He is one of the top performing kids in his grade level.

Folks - don’t listen to the naysayers. If you know your kid is smart enough and a hard worker, and can handle it, go ahead and apply. They are more than those stupid CogAt scores.

Link to your original post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most do not understand twice exceptional people, OP.

We were told that my son, born with a global developmental delay, wouldn't walk or talk until very late and would probably not be mainstreamed. He was not supposed to be smart. Yet he was able to do a dozen APs and have a 4.67 weighted GPA. He was diagnosed with a learning disability in math, but made it to AP Calculus BC and got a 35 on his ACT. Now he's doing well in college.

DS was similar. He went through speech therapy and heavy development delay. He is now junior with similar GPA and got 1600 in his first SAT test. He was told by others that he should not include those background in his essay because it could place him in disadvantage. Is that true?

[Anonymous]

Thank you parents for sharing your stories! Gives me hope for our 2e kid, who too didn't qualify as in pool for AAP, and had disheartening feedback from ES teachers.

We did parent refer him to AAP, and he will soon be starting at TJ!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you parents for sharing your stories! Gives me hope for our 2e kid, who too didn't qualify as in pool for AAP, and had disheartening feedback from ES teachers.

We did parent refer him to AAP, and he will soon be starting at TJ!

Congrats - from a parent of a 2e kid! Best of luck at TJ!

[Anonymous]

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Congrats - from a parent of a 2e kid! Best of luck at TJ!

Thank you!