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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What were the NNAT/CogAT scores?  What was the GBRS?  Is your child in advanced math?  Is your child in an above grade level reading group?

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Thanks for the responses! 
Cogat was 135
3rd grade 
Level III math
Above level on reading
Don’t know GBRS. Will the school release those?

Do grades matter? She’s has  perfect or near-perfect scores on all work and is bored. There is no homework and the level IV kids get more to do. This was the motivation to apply. We didn’t refer last year.  Put a lot of time on the referral to make sure bases we’re covered. At a center school.

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Contact the school ASAP to get a copy of the packet.  If the GBRS is good, you can use the fact that the teachers who work with your DD on a daily basis think that she needs to be in AAP.  If it's not good or if it's uneven, you can use your parent letter to demonstrate how she's displaying whatever GBRS traits that the school wasn't seeing.  If the work samples are bad, you can submit new ones and add in your parent letter some commentary on what GBRS trait the sample is showing.  Do not say that your child is bored.  Do not directly try to rebut the GBRS form or suggest that the teachers are wrong.  If your child is having social issues because she doesn't have enough of a peer group of motivated kids, or if she's developing perfection related anxiety, those actually could help your case that your child's needs aren't being met in gen ed.

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Thank you Really appreciate your time and guidance.  This is very helpful.

I said she was bored in the referral. Crap! Did I blow it? Ugh I realize now that it might have sounded insulting. But that wasn't my intention. I thought that would be a good thing to show she needs more challenges and the work is easy.

I will get the packet. One thing I noticed in the samples of work samples was that the assignments were no where close to what my kid gets to work on. Now I realize that not all work is sent home. So I don't know whether in school they are getting more of the gifted level work or problem solving opportunities,  But from the work I see, it's basic. The more substantial work are the projects, but those are too complex to submit as a sample and were sent home.

Perfection related anxiety I could talk to because I have seen her sit for hours perfecting/typing retyping papers.

How can one prove that a child needs to be challenged? I said she was bored which I suppose could have been taken the wrong way. She get 100's on everything and bring no daily work home as it's done in school (math gets done on the bus and projects are sporadic). So I truly tried to make a case that she's not challenged even in a center school. But looks like that didn't come through. Or is seeking more challenging work not a good need for AAP?

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