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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As usual people are confusing gifted (hate that word) with prodigy. Gifted, now called more appropriately (AAP academic!) is generally IQ 115-130. These kids find the regular schoolwork easy and are often the children of UMC professionals. There are a lot of these kids in DCUM.

Prodigy, IQ 140-200 are exceptional and much rarer.  They have different needs but not usually well addressed in a public school because they are very rare. [/quote]

As usual...no. Gifted is an IQ above 130. Profoundly gifted is over 145. Neither is prodigy. A prodigy is someone who as a young child performs a certain thing at an adult level.

Btw the IQ tests used on kids don’t go up to 200 and haven’t in years. The WISC goes up to about 155 I believe.

A 130 IQ is 2 in 100. Hardly amazing. A 145 IQ is 1 in a 1000. 115 is above average. [/quote]

2 in 100 is pretty amazing and, statistically speaking, still pretty rare.

Honestly, I think we would all be better off if we figured out a way to accept our kids for who they are and helped them meet their individual challenges. A kid who is bored in school needs to be challenged. That kid could be bored because of a high native intelligence or because they are motivated to learn even if they are "only" above average. That child's individual needs still need to be met. The way you go about meeting those needs might be different.

I don't think the issue is with AAP itself, I think the issue is with how services are delivered throughout the county. Different schools have different programs. Even schools that have the same program administer those programs differently. It makes some parents feel like they need to push a kid into AAP who could very well be better served in a level III program that is well run. [/quote]

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