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[quote=Anonymous]I have been going along assuming that if my child was a student who was on the border of getting into Level IV AAP then a teacher would have indicated that - either his primary second grade teacher or the specials teacher that also handles AAP stuff. But now I'm hearing from parents at our school that that isn't true and that teachers rarely encourage parent referrals, it's really up to the parent.

So how many kids in AAP get in through a parent referral instead of just the test scores? And if you are in that situation, were you encouraged to start the process by someone at your child's school?

I think leaving it up to the parents is odd. First of all it leaves out many kids whose parents aren't involved or knowledgable. Second, don't most parents think their child is bright and special? I know I do, but I also know that I don't really know how he measures up to his peers in school work. It feels conceited or entitled to push for something that he didn't qualify for through test scores (although we don't even know those yet which makes it even harder).

Should I reach out to his teacher or AAP coordinator to feel out whether it's worth our time and theirs to try the referral? Will they even tell me?

Both my husband and I were in our gifted programs as kids but it was based strictly on an IQ test and was a small pull out. This system here is hard to navigate. [/quote]

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