Are GT/LD kids placed with HGC kids?
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Anonymous
| Are GT/LD kids placed in the same class with HGC kids, or are they in their own separate class? |
Anonymous
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Well, there are certainly some GT/LD kids admitted to HCGs.
If you are referring to the MCPS program specifically for GT/LD kids which exists in a few schools ... they are separate. |
Anonymous
So, if the kid is diagnosed as GT/LD, the kid can still be in an HGC class and not with the GT/LD class? How is that possible? Shouldn't the kid be in a GT/LD class? I ask this because there is a kid in my DC's HGC class that seems highly disruptive, seems to have anger issues or something, and was wondering if this kid was GT/LD. |
Anonymous
Could be. There were a few kids in my kid's HGC class that were on medication for ADHD and who had a tutor or someone assist them. Does ADHD count for LD? |
Anonymous
| of course they are. why wouldn't they be? it's just another mainstream classroom but the kids have higher iqs. |
Anonymous
So you assume that a disruptive kid who "seems to have anger issues" also has a learning disability? Interesting. |
Anonymous
| Definitely disruptive kids. No idea about LD. |
Anonymous
| GT/LD requires an IEP, and is considered a special education environment. Kids who do not need special education and otherwise qualify for HGC can attend - even if they have an LD or ADHD. Some are co-located in the same ES, but they are separate programs, not the same classes at all. |
Anonymous
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OP, You are being incredibly offensive. Children who have high scores on the HGC test and pass muster with the selection committee can be chosen to be part of a HGC, regardless of their special needs or personality. Remember that most twice exceptional children are not diagnosed as such because their profiles are so complex. They don't wear a tag and they're not flagged in the system as unworthy to breathe the same classroom air as your precious snowflake. Just because your child is in an HGC, it doesn't mean that they are entitled to a perfect environment with well-behaved peers. It's amusing that you should think that. HGC will always have a couple of children with peculiarities, just like in regular classrooms. If you believe the student to be too disruptive, talk to the teacher. |
Anonymous
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Our HGC has 2 classes and its the same kids throughout the day. So any kids that have LD that are admitted to the program would be in the class.
Interestingly related to this topic, my son reports that the lack of disruptions is one of the things he likes about the HGC. |
Anonymous
+1 Few people get it all. Many if not most highly gifted people have learning disabilities, quirks, or special needs of one kind or another. |
Anonymous
The child might be. Or the child might not be. It's really none of your business. Your child does not have a right to a class composed only of well-behaved children. |
Anonymous
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The HGC have the following:
1 High iq kids from advantaged backgrounds 2 High iq kids from disadvantaged backgrounds 3 High achieving kids from advantaged backgrounds 4 High achieving kids from disadvantaged backgrounds Often categories 1 and 2 are labeled adhd. Those kids need the program and they are not "studying" to pass the HGC test... There is a place in the program for all 4 types and they are all represented. |
Anonymous
There could even be kids with IEPs in HGC. Kids with IEPs are required to be in the least restrictive environment; depending on the child's needs, that may be a dedicated GT/LD classroom or it could be the HGC with accommodations/supports. |
Anonymous
| My kids HGC classroom seemed no less (or more) disruptive than prior years. |