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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a twice exceptional kid: high IQ, autism, ADHD. Such kids can indeed be gifted and yet have behavioral issues and need services and accommodations.

For the sake of her child, you need to speak up, and say that of course her child is gifted! But the behaviors are there, and he needs to be evaulauted so he can get the best services and accommodations. This is the BEST solution so he can thrive as he develops.

She might take a long time to realize the truth of this. She might temporarily resent you. But you are acting in the best interest of her child, which is, by far and away, the most important thing here. Early intervention is KEY.

I was receptive to the teachers' suggestions about my child, and we did a lot of training, OT, speech, PT, etc, along with an IEP plan at school. Thanks to all the years of support he got, he was able to do very well in school, and he's now in college. The parents I know who were in denial ended up really stressed out later on as they realized they had closed doors for their kids. Some things can't be corrected later.
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We recently had our little one in 2nd grade get tested (IQ 150) and they were bored and had behaviors during math but also found out they were dyslexic. This wasn't hitting, pushing, or bitting. The behaviors during math were not wanting to show work and saying answers out loud 📢. In reading it was task avoidance due to dyslexia. If the school is recommending services, I would go ahead and take them. We had to advocate for years because of our little ones IQ they were able to get by but not thrive. Hopefully now that they will get reading, OT, and behavior things will be better for them.[/quote]

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