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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the upshot seems to be that AAP will not meet the needs of a child with a IQ over 150?[/quote]

We have a child like that, and were told by two different child psychologists in the area that none of the local schools, public or private, would truly meet his needs or give him a meaningful number of academic peers. We decided to stay with APS and while he’s often bored, overall he’s happy.[/quote]

Ouch. That’s pretty awful, if true. So the psychologists were not impressed with schools like Nysmith or Feynman?

Did they offer any other options other than, “Your kid is doomed?”  Being a bit facetious here, but your post is discouraging.

How old is your child now and how long has he been bored? [/quote]

Our child is going into fifth, boredom has been an issue since kindergarten. He's not bored all day long because a lot of the work they do is kind of what you make of it - there's enough creative room for him to extend himself. But when the class is on day three of multi-digit multiplication and he taught himself that two years ago, yeah, he's going to get bored. Like I said, though, overall he's happy. He finds things that engage him, he has a lot of friends, so we're good with it. He also does a lot at home to engage himself.

We were told that if we wanted to truly find a peer group that would challenge him, we should look at boarding schools that truly were for gifted students. That's a non-starter for us, at least at this age.[/quote]

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