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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I second the suggestion of talking to the teacher and school counselor.  Many of the school counselors run something called "lunch bunch" where they take a group of students into their office during lunch and just work on social/conversational skills.  Also - is she messy and/or disorganized at home.  Maybe making a simple check sheet for her to keep on or in her desk with daily tasks that she needs to do to keep the desk organized.  For super smart kids, simple organization doesn't always come easy but these same kids are great at following check sheets and rules.[/quote]

Hi- I just posted about my DC (160 score)- DC is not organized- drives me crazy- DC will got from an extreme book or design and then leave everything a mess- always creating (DH wants to patent one of DCs ideas).   I have to remind DC daily on kinda simple stuff (though they can recite it) - DC is really focused on many things a lot and keeps inventing ways or processes (most are not new but others are DCs version). Can you  please elaborate on this?  DCs teacher also brought this up- saying DC was in their own world- but then said it was who DC was- like accepting DC for this "negative" but also appreciating the + (teacher -like us- loves DC and in particular DC's creativity/complex thinking).  I am really truly asking- not trying to brag as I have read in PP.[/quote]

Many highly gifted people have a 'tunnel vision' perspective of life-they focus on the topics they find the most interesting and the rest are just pesky details un worthy of significant attention and time.  I would talk to the teacher about having him/her build in 3-5 minutes at the end of the day for desk organization with the possibility of a chart/design of how the desk should look.  I would imagine this could be of benefit to the whole class and is a simple modification that might help your DC make this into a habit.  At home you could always set up a rewards chart or some sort of structured rules about cleaning up when done.  Verbalizing is not enough, if you are serious about it you would have to first come up with the rules and then present them in a written format with obtainable goals and possible a weekly reward.[/quote]

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