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[quote=Anonymous]I have been thinking of the birthday issue with regard to AAP.  A little background.

DS#1: March Birthday, so, middle of the pack for age. ADHD. Currently in 5th grade AAP.  He was my earliest reader, and seemed to have a mind for nonverbal/engineering type things early too.  Did not make AAP 1st round, though his CogAt Score  was 139 composite, and some sections had perfect scores.  His teacher said that his maturity may have kept his GBRS at 9. (though I did not see maturity as a category).  We waited one year, as we could not afford WISC.  His 3rd grade teacher asked very early on why he was not in AAP, and so we referred in 3rd, and he breezed in first round (no new test scores). Started AAP in 4th.  It is absolutely the right place for him academically.

DS#2: December Birthday, so started K at almost 6 last year. Also has Aspergers and ADHD.  Was not an early reader, but now is in 1st grade, progressed very quickly and gets AAP weekly pull outs through the Young Scholars program at his school.  No test scores yet.  Suspect he may perform well on tests, at least enough for pool.  Not sure I would pull him to send to center though, as his Title 1 school offers amazingly small class sizes, which with his needs, are very important.

DD: September Birthday, started K this year.  She is the youngest in her class.  Since our school is Title 1, there is not much redshirting, but certainly, she will encounter the age difference if she ends up at a center someday.  That said, she was not identified in K for Young Scholars as her brother was.  But, the thing is, he had almost a full extra year before starting K due to his December Birthday.  I agree, she is not where he was last year at this time, and does not need the pull outs at this time.  I do think, had she had another year, she might.  That said, we felt she was ready for K.  I wonder if our decision to send her on time will prevent her from needing AAP.

We shall see I guess, but I have seen a big difference between my own children, which may or may not be attributed to the age at which they started K.[/quote]

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