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OP,

You are being incredibly offensive.

Children who have high scores on the HGC test and pass muster with the selection committee can be chosen to be part of a HGC, regardless of their special needs or personality. Remember that most twice exceptional children are not diagnosed as such because their profiles are so complex. They don't wear a tag and they're not flagged in the system as unworthy to breathe the same classroom air as your precious snowflake.

Just because your child is in an HGC, it doesn't mean that they are entitled to a perfect environment with well-behaved peers. It's amusing that you should think that. HGC will always have a couple of children with peculiarities, just like in regular classrooms. If you believe the student to be too disruptive, talk to the teacher.

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OP here. Get over yourself, PP.  I wasn't implying that my kid was special or deserved to be in a class with only perfectly behaved kids. Give me a break. My kid is not perfectly behaved either.  I was just curious about whether GT/LD kids are mixed with HGC kids because I always thought GT/LD kids had IEPs and were in their own class.

And this kid's anger issues weren't just disruptive. It was, at one point, kind of scary the way my DC described it (threw something). I'm guessing the teacher gives some leeway to this kid because he may very well be GT/LD because when this occurred the teacher let it go.  If a non LD kid did this, I'm pretty sure the teacher would've done something about it.  This is why I asked the question.  I'm not opposed to GT/LD kids being in the same class as my DC. I was just trying to understand if LD kids were mixed in with them.

And disagree with the other poster about it being none of my business.  How is knowing whom my kid is around none of my business?  I'm not interested in the kid's personal life, but a parent has a right to know the people my kid is around for 5 hours a day in a small confined space.  [/quote]

OP,

I'm the PP you responded to.

1. We are being rather aggressive with you because your words are permeated with disparagement towards children with learning disabilities. That is never acceptable. If you truly believed anyone with talent belonged in the HGC (which is the mandate of the HGC, by the way), you would not write this way. It's the most difficult thing in the world to place children with gifts and learning disorders in the right educational environment. Also, there is only one GT/LD center, compared to the many local HGCs available, and most parents can't send their kids there because the long bus rides and commute are very detrimental to these children.

2. Since your child is affected by classroom disruptions, you are entitled to an explanation from the teacher as to what steps she is taking to guard against them. As you know, the teacher is not allowed to discuss a particular student's special needs. Let me reiterate that many gifted students with problematic behaviors are not evaluated or diagnosed, because their quirks are explained away as part of their gifted characteristics. However you will probably be able to infer from the teacher's actions and your child's reports whether this student can be disciplined and improve rapidly, or if these behaviors will need to be managed over time. Don't be afraid of being the squeaky wheel as you advocate for your child!

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OP here.  I never meant to disparage kids with LDs.  I have friends with kids that are on different spectrums of autism, some whom are in "regular" classes.  We have had to explain to our DCs why these kids behave differently, that they learn differently, feel differently, but they are still kids, and we have taught them how to engage them, or not in some cases.   And it wasn't just anger issues. There were other incidences but I didn't want to state them in case it outs the child.  I just mentioned the anger issue because it seemed generic enough.

It doesn't bother me that GT/LD kids are in the came class as my kid.  It just helps to understand that there might be kids with LDs in DC's class. As I stated previously, I always thought GT/LD kids were in their own class. That was my misunderstanding.
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