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[quote=Anonymous]DD is in 7th grade and goes to a small, academically intense school where much of the student body came from the elementary gifted program.  (She did not).
DD has always been very quiet. SHe is also very shy and not assertive except when it comes to her little sister.  ;)  We had her tested for ADHD - inattentiveness but that come back boarder-line mild and according to the psychologist, she had to put something like that in the report to not have the insurance decline payment.  She does have slow processing speed and organizational issues. (Think disorganized professor.)  She has a 504 for organization but we haven't figured out how to make it helpful for her.

Mix type A personality kids, group presentation, shy kid and the result was she was run over.  SHe said she had her part of the presentation planned out and she got to say one sentence before one of the other kids jumped in, interrupted her and said what she was going to say.  So she said one sentence for like a 15 minute presentation.

When the presentation was done, her group members were bad mouthing her to other peers that she didn't do anything.  (Even though she hosted two planning gatherings at our house for several hours and went to two other planning gatherings.)  I am also worried that she will get the reputation of not pulling her weight with group projects and that kids will avoid working with her - the equivalent of being the last one picked in P.E. class.

I bet she was petrified to have to speak in front of the class and needed extra time to get her words out but her group just rolled over her.

I would like her teachers to  work with her to teach and help her assert herself in situations like this.  Given her grade - 7th - I don't want to be a helicopter mom either.

WWYD?
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