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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll admit I get a little confused about "twice exceptional" kids in AAP. If a child is capable of above-level work only while receiving accomodations, are they really "gifted?"
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Yes they still are gifted. Because giftedness measures potential ability, not proven ability.  I think the public school system feels that by providing some support some children can go on to accomplish a lot and they think it could be a disservice to society to not enable these children to contribute more. I think everybody knows by now that Einstein, Edison, etc...had significant problems who may have needed IEP's today. [/quote]

We also know that without this assistance they still achieved greatness.  Still doesn't mean they would belong in a current AAP program.  I'm also guessing 99.999999% of the kids in AAP with IEPs are no Einstein's.[/quote]

[b]No, you're not understanding what I meant. When I said Einstein and Edison likely would have needed IEP's today, I wasn't saying that therefore most kids in AAP today need IEP's. What I meant was that by eliminating special needs but very smart kids you are preventing these potential geniuses from contributing more to our society. And Einstein and Edison did terribly in school precisely because they didn't have the support they needed early on. Had they received the support they required, perhaps they could have made their contributions earlier or perhaps they could have made even greater contributions. [/b][/quote]

+1. 
And for every Einstein or Edison, there are tons of similar kids who didn't make it precisely because they didn't have that level of support.[/quote]

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