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The closest I can come to describing her is like the some of the characters on the Big Bang Theory. While she not quite as clueless about her comments as these characters portray, she's along those lines when engaged in an academic subject. The difference is when I point out that some of her comments can be taken as rude she gets upset and says she didn't know it was rude and wasn't trying to be rude. She thinks about this a lot. I'd want her to learn to be considerate but I don't want her so stressed out that she just shuts down.

A great example of why the OP should be seeking out the school counselor.

We did, for those lunch meetings discussed a little earlier, but she told me her meeting groups really don't apply to our DD. She didn't offer any other options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - I probably should have clarified her age. She's 7, almost 8. She qualifies based on her NNAT score.

I'm really looking for additional resources and maybe some other kids her age that are "weird" like her. While she has friends at school, she realizes that she's different and being called weird by the other kids is really starting to get to her. I'd like her to know there are other kids out there like her and I thought this might be a place to start. I'm not looking at it as a badge of honor or anything that I would even tell our friends about but just as a place to find some other kids her age that she can fit in with better academically.

Based on what is said on this board I'm not holding out any hope that APP, should she be accepted, will provide what she seems to need in a classroom setting. Again, thinking this could be a place where she can identify with other kids like her.

MY DS was reading at 3 also. Went through the AAP/GT program and now a junior at TJ. AAP was a big help, and not very hard for him, but still it was a nice group.

Thanks

Be careful mentioning TJ around here. On another thread, a poster was criticized for mentioning that his or her child ended up at TJ even though the parents had never discussed AAP with the teacher!
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/352807.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The closest I can come to describing her is like the some of the characters on the Big Bang Theory. While she not quite as clueless about her comments as these characters portray, she's along those lines when engaged in an academic subject. The difference is when I point out that some of her comments can be taken as rude she gets upset and says she didn't know it was rude and wasn't trying to be rude. She thinks about this a lot. I'd want her to learn to be considerate but I don't want her so stressed out that she just shuts down.

A great example of why the OP should be seeking out the school counselor.

We did, for those lunch meetings discussed a little earlier, but she told me her meeting groups really don't apply to our DD. She didn't offer any other options.

Ask her to provide further information about 2e children. If she doesn't know what a 2e child is, ask her if she and the AART at your school could meet with you to discuss how to better support your child. The AART should be able to provide assistance and perhaps bring in resources from Kim Dockery's office.