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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child who falls in that range.  DC is in 5th grade AAP.

So far, DC loves the program.  It is interesting and engaging enough that DC no longer spends the entire school day sneaking books and daydreaming.  DC is engaged in the daily lessons and discussions.  The demands of the program are such that DC needs to mostly pay attention and put forth some level of effort, and as a result is finally starting to develop some responsibility and study skills, rather than just skating through school and acing everything with zero effort.  The program is also easy enough that it doesn't eat into our family time and our DC's down time.  DC does not have to spend much time with homework, projects, etc outside of class in order to be successful in the program.

The best thing about the AAP program for our DC is the peer group.  We aren't really concerned about who tested at what level.  What we are concerned about, especially approaching middle school, is that DC is just a regular kid among classmates, so that DC's differences in intelligence are just a matter of fact, like a kid being good at singing or sports, and not something to hide or be self conscious about.  AAP provides just that environment.

I guess our satisfaction with AAP is a direct result of our goals for our kid.  Quite frankly, we aren't really concerned about the academics of the program except where it affects study skills and social development.  We know DC will be successful academically, but if the social development and skills are not in place, then DC's high IQ will be irrelevant later in life.  Our goal for our child is for DC to eventually lead a happy, productive adult life.  Being with a group of kids where DC can just be one of the crowd has been a wonderful way to help DC blossom sociallly and is a great way for us to help DC meet this end goal.[/quote]

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