How did your Highly Gifted child fare in a regular classroom?

[Anonymous]

Do you have a child who has been identified as "highly gifted" or above? If so -- is your child in a so called "regular" classroom -- not a special gifted and talented class? If so, how has he or she been faring?

With complete understanding that labels are labels, and that IQ tests have their disadvantages and biases -- I'm using the term Highly Gifted as defined here by IQ score:

Bright: 115+, or one in six (84th percentile)
Moderately Gifted: 130+, or 1 in 50 (97.9th percentile)
Highly gifted: 145+, or 1 in 1000 (99.9th percentile)
Exceptionally gifted: 160+, or 1 in 30,000 (99.997th percentile)
Profoundly gifted: 175+, or 1 in 3 million (99.99997th percentile)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifted

I'm equally curious to hear how moderately gifted children are doing as well. Do you feel that they are better served by a contained classroom? By occasional G/T pull out classes? By remaining in the regular classroom?

[Anonymous]

Our highly gifted child (IQ high 140s; currently doing reading and math 4-5 grade levels ahead) is doing well in a regular classroom ONLY because the school is also pulling DC out of said regular classroom for reading and math at the appropriate levels. DC is doing well being with the class for all other topics and is thriving overall. Had we not found a school that would accommodate, however, it would have been a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our highly gifted child (IQ high 140s; currently doing reading and math 4-5 grade levels ahead) is doing well in a regular classroom ONLY because the school is also pulling DC out of said regular classroom for reading and math at the appropriate levels. DC is doing well being with the class for all other topics and is thriving overall. Had we not found a school that would accommodate, however, it would have been a nightmare.

If you don't mind me asking -- how are they providing appropriate instruction for someone that advanced? Individual tutoring?