AAP Screening for a rising 2nd grader who choose 100% DL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way they will be providing decent in-person services next year anyway. DL is fine. Your child just needs to make sure to participate in class the same way he/she would do in school and it will shine through. Your child's 1st grade teacher already rated your child, so if your child's teacher though he/she was gifted, it is already noted in their file.

If it is something you are worried about, make sure you send a message to your child's AART after school starts to make sure your child is on their radar and they can evaluate her/him properly.

The GBRS form is done by 2nd grade teachers, not 1st grade.

GBRS with commentary is only done for kids applying for AAP. GBRS without commentary is done at the end of every academic year for every child. Your child has a GBRS number for K and 1st. You can request those numbers from the AART. K and 1st GBRS are used to flag kids for LII services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What planet are you from?

Been through G&T, TJ, Ivy, now with AAP kids and their goody two shoes friends. Close to 20 years of experience with gifted kids.

Gifted kids on average are not hyper. They sit at the computer way too long, they spend hours reading. They are rule followers.

There are some trolls on this board giving out bad information.

Did your kids not make it into aap and now you have a vendetta or something?

There are gifted kids who are quiet, rule followers. There are gifted kids with ADHD who are constantly in motion. There are gifted kids who are somewhere in between. Gifted kids are like any other kid. Increased intelligence does not influence personality and disposition.

AAP is not a gifted program. It is a program for kids who are academically advanced, some participants are gifted and some participants are hard workers. I would guess that the vast majority of participants are in the 85th percentile for intelligence, but that is a guess. I don't feel like digging out the numbers from the recent AAP report.

That said, there are well behaved kids and mischievous kids and disruptive kids in AAP classes, just like in any other class. I would guess that there is less of an issue in AAP due to the number of kids whose parents are spending money on tutoring and enrichment programs to push their kids ahead. The parental involvement is more likely to lead to most kids being better behaved then the norm because the kids know that their parents take academics seriously and do not want to get in trouble at home. This should make it easier for the Teacher to keep the kids who are more active in control.

Admission into AAP does not mean that your kid is extra special, it means your kid met certain arbitrary conditions. But it doesn't change that there are all kinds of kids, regardless of their level of intelligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What planet are you from?

Been through G&T, TJ, Ivy, now with AAP kids and their goody two shoes friends. Close to 20 years of experience with gifted kids.

Gifted kids on average are not hyper. They sit at the computer way too long, they spend hours reading. They are rule followers.

There are some trolls on this board giving out bad information.

Did your kids not make it into aap and now you have a vendetta or something?

There are gifted kids who are quiet, rule followers. There are gifted kids with ADHD who are constantly in motion. There are gifted kids who are somewhere in between. Gifted kids are like any other kid. Increased intelligence does not influence personality and disposition.

AAP is not a gifted program. It is a program for kids who are academically advanced, some participants are gifted and some participants are hard workers. I would guess that the vast majority of participants are in the 85th percentile for intelligence, but that is a guess. I don't feel like digging out the numbers from the recent AAP report.

That said, there are well behaved kids and mischievous kids and disruptive kids in AAP classes, just like in any other class. I would guess that there is less of an issue in AAP due to the number of kids whose parents are spending money on tutoring and enrichment programs to push their kids ahead. The parental involvement is more likely to lead to most kids being better behaved then the norm because the kids know that their parents take academics seriously and do not want to get in trouble at home. This should make it easier for the Teacher to keep the kids who are more active in control.

Admission into AAP does not mean that your kid is extra special, it means your kid met certain arbitrary conditions. But it doesn't change that there are all kinds of kids, regardless of their level of intelligence.

So what is your point? It seems to be the same as my point. I said “on average” they can sit still. Do we need to get into a math lesson on what that means? Average vs generalizing for a population?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What planet are you from?

Been through G&T, TJ, Ivy, now with AAP kids and their goody two shoes friends. Close to 20 years of experience with gifted kids.
Gifted kids on average are not hyper. They sit at the computer way too long, they spend hours reading. They are rule followers.
There are some trolls on this board giving out bad information.
Did your kids not make it into aap and now you have a vendetta or something?

That said, there are well behaved kids and mischievous kids and disruptive kids in AAP classes, just like in any other class. I would guess that there is less of an issue in AAP due to the number of kids whose parents are spending money on tutoring and enrichment programs to push their kids ahead. The parental involvement is more likely to lead to most kids being better behaved then the norm because the kids know that their parents take academics seriously and do not want to get in trouble at home. This should make it easier for the Teacher to keep the kids who are more active in control.

My experience with AAP is that the genuinely gifted kids are more likely to be disruptive, be hyper, have ADHD, or have ASD. But, the overwhelming majority of kids are somewhat advanced, somewhat above average kids who are upper middle class and have very involved parents. Those kids behave wonderfully for the most part.

I've had kids go through both AAP and gen ed. The AAP classes have been much better behaved than the regular ones. The biggest issue in AAP is that so many kids talk out of turn, which is nothing on the disruptive behaviors my other kids have seen in their gen ed classes.

[Anonymous]

We are pulling our second grader out of fcps and into private for the next year so I suppose we will have to get privately screened for cogat and submit on our own for aap...this is such a weird year I have no idea what aap application will look like since it seems they haven’t even decided for sure if they’re going to administer the cogat. I guess we shall all see together once they get all the crucial pieces figured out!