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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Our child had about 2 months of completely missed school, and another 4 months of slowly increasing time in class.  I would say it was 9 months total before normal functioning, but even at that point our child tired easily after activity.  I would say 1 year before fully normal functioning. [/b]

OP, your child has a right to a 504 plan, to access Home and Hospital Instruction if they can't go to school (although HHT is terrible) or to get the missed assignments from teachers while they are out of school.  As a GT child, they cannot be kicked out of any special programming or classes they are already in.  Under special education law (IDEA for IEPs or Section 504 of the Rehab Act for 504s) the school MUST accommodate your child's needs after the concussion.  This could include extra time on tests, a special rest period during the day, flash pass to the nurses office, permission to wear baseball hats or sunglasses in class to cope with light sensitivity, permission to change seating in class to cope with sound or light sensitivity, specialized non-distractable testing places, and customized unit tests or quizzes, or the ability to reschedule tests and homework, and/or a reduced workload overall.  Some schools use the phrase "teach to the core objectives" to signify to teachers that they should reduce the workload to just the few core objectives a student must know to progress. [/quote]

Great advice.  The friend's son had a similar experience to the bolded.[/quote]

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