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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I probably should have clarified her age.  She's 7, almost 8.  She qualifies based on her NNAT score.

I'm really looking for additional resources and maybe some other kids her age that are "weird" like her.  While she has friends at school, she realizes that she's different and being called weird by the other kids is really starting to get to her.  I'd like her to know there are other kids out there like her and I thought this might be a place to start.  I'm not looking at it as a badge of honor or anything that I would even tell our friends about but just as a place to find some other kids her age that she can fit in with better academically.

Based on what is said on this board I'm not holding out any hope that APP, should she be accepted, will provide what she seems to need in a classroom setting.  Again, thinking this could be a place where she can identify with other kids like her.

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Is she on the spectrum? Girls are often high functioning, smart but a little socially odd, not as apparent as boys on the spectrum.[/quote]

Yes skip AAP. We main streamed our son who tested 2 standard deviations above what was required for AAP placement. he likes odyssey of the mind and other sports. AAP is not for outliers. Life is not a large pull-out class.  [b]If your DD doesn't learn how to get along with normal people she will struggle in life. Are the bosses the "book" smart people or the "other" smart people? (or frequently not even smart at all!).

I tell my son people aren't going to like him because he's smart, they are going to like him for being a good person.[/b] Find people to hang with that she likes. She'll find someone who can follow her non-linear thinking and other quirks. Have her learn to be a good friend before you start looking for smart friends to hang around with.[/quote]

Agree with this. People skills and learning be part of the village rather than an outlier outsider is even more important for those who are truly the outliers in life. [/quote]

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