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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Profoundly gifted kids are likely to become underachiever if their parents do not figure out their abilities early on and put them in the right environment for academic and social/emotional  purposes.   There are many unidentified profoundly gifted children suffering in the general Ed classes because their parents are not education focused, and their teachers can not identify them because they are just too different than the average smart kids.  FCPS should put resources toward this population they are just as different as the kids that have learning disabilities.  [/quote]

Profoundly gifted kids have never been well served by group education.  It is unfair to expect public schools to provide a setting that must be tailor made to the child.  Genius level kids historically have always been served by individual tutors.  If you wanted to make a school for them, it would be one or two for the entire US of A.[/quote]

The ones with personal tutors are the ones with the money. There are many profoundly gifted ones who don’t have the funds, so they are at risk.

The problem is that most people can’t fathom or comprehend the needs of those profoundly gifted, and they won’t allow specialized education for those profoundly gifted kids. If they can’t have a piece for their kid, they won’t have it.

I don’t think you can prep into a profoundly gifted iq. It’s not possible, unless you actually know the actual test.

For the level of academics offered in the aap, I f you have a smart kid, they will benefit. No need to be truly, highly, profoundly gifted for that program.

When my kid entered aap I thought that it’d be a group of profoundly gifted, where they’d all share their great ideas. It’s not so. I’m all for this program, and I totally understand the need for it.

It’s ok that there were no profoundly gifted kids in my kid’s classes for a long long time. There is nothing I could do about that. My kid learned something’s there too, but it was largely a waste of time.

It’s extremely hard to adequately support a profoundly gifted child. It’s a lone road for both child and parents. Whatever you say is perceived as bragging, so you learn to say nothing, but then you send a message to your kid that the world doesn’t like them, or it may seem to your child that you’re ashamed, when in reality you’re only protecting your child.

I understand the people who don’t get the needs of the profoundly gifted. They don’t have the experience, empathy or imagination to know or want to know. That’s how people are.

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you don't need to overly protect them.  I just tell him that he doesn't need to have everyone like him, and he doesn't need to like everyone, just don't tell people in their face when he's frustrated with people.  I also let him know that if he does his best, he can be the next Einstein or Elon Musk.  I tell him that the high IQ is just an IQ score, what he can do in the world with that IQ is what matters.  It's a long road, the good thing is that we identified them early on.  there are much more online resources than the school system can provide to educate these kids and support their emotional needs.[/quote]

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