I don't think stern anything works with highly gifted kids. As I said, they are "special needs."Originally posted by killramos
If your daughter runs around the classroom distracting people she might just need a stern talking to about appropriate behavior in school.
High gifted kids actually have learning disabilities in certain areas of their life. It is a holistic issue and not specific to academic issues.
Gifted kids (not just bright ones) are likely to be OCD and are likely to have OT issues (requiring Occupational Therapy) that needs a lot of assessment to figure out. It's not as simple as a stern talking to.
For instance. When our second kid was born, we ask the first one if he was willing to give up his high chair (Stokke Tripp Trapp), that adjusts as he grows, to his sister and to sit in a regular chair. He said that his cousin sits in a regular chair and he could do it too. Well, he can't. He was constantly standing and laying on the chair and really started to piss us off. Lots of yelling was done with no change (4 years olds on hear about 50% of what you are saying to them).
I talked to my cousin about it and her son had the same issue. The issue is that they both need to be grounded. A regular chair has their legs dangling in the air. The tripp trapp allows for their feet to touch the "floor" (of the foot stool). I went and bought another chair a few weeks ago and guess what, he sits still and eats his food. No yelling required.
The hope is that his teachers at Westmount will recognize these things and be able to help him through these types of issues. It has nothing to do with doing Grade 10 math in Grade 9.