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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you all so much for the input and suggestions. I appreciate it. We will be traveling out of the country Dec 15 to mid Jan 16 and we will have very short time after our return to prepare for the referral. I am hoping I can hear back on more examples of actual work samples and recommendation letters please. Just what you all may have included in the referral packet. Thank you again.[/quote]

Because of the short window between receiving the CogAT results and the referral due date, our AART always tells parents to proceed AS IF they are going to do a referral, so it's good that you're planning ahead. She also says parents whose kids score in the 120s should ALWAYS refer and even lower if the parents feel strongly that the scores don't reflect their child's true abilities. If your child does wind up being in-pool, you have a bunch of supplemental information to beef up the file. Some people says it doesn't help or isn't necessary, but I say give it your best shot.

One thing I suggest is printing out the parent questionnaire now and start keeping notes of examples you might want to include. They need to be very specific. It was much easier to fill out with DC2 because I kept a list of things that made me think "This is why he'll do well in AAP". With DC1, I kept thinking "Now what was that thing that happened that I wanted to remember again?" Just FYI - our AART says even if you submit no other supplemental information, you should at least do the parent questionnaire. If you do submit work samples from home, they should be from the current school year, unless there's something really compelling from an earlier year. As a prior poster stated, they need to show your child's thought process and creativity, not just simple worksheets. The best one I had for DC2 was a written description of his "ideal vacation" and why. One thing I did with DC2 was add a paragraph to each one showing what behavior the work sample demonstrated. (This was something the AART did for DC1's school-submitted work samples.) If you need examples of the behaviors, print out the form for the Gift Behavior Rating Scale or google "gifted behaviors". And yes, I submitted letters of recommendation. They were from people with experience in gifted education (not FCPS employees) who could speak with authority about the behaviors my children demonstrate. If you have the time, money and inclination, you could consider doing a WISC. It's expensive, but can give you some really helpful insights into how your child learns. Some people think you should save the money and wait until you know whether you need the WISC for an appeal.

Do I know for sure that any of the things I included in my kids's files helped? No, but they both got in first round and I felt better knowing that I was doing everything I could.

Best of luck to you and your kid, OP![/quote]

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