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Tell me whether you think schools should be trying to close the gap between mentally disabled kids and average kids, or should the schools be helping "gifted" kids to reach their maximum potential?
I know a kid that scored two 99's and two 98's on the Ravens test, yet is not allowed ANY advanced classes.
It's the 99th percentile. Meaning only 3 people in the school district got the same, and that's not gifted?
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Mentally disabled kids aren't going to be able to be average kids, no matter how much money is thrown at them. It's impossible for them to ever be equal, hence the separate label or category.
What I would spend additional funds on is early intervention programs from birth and increasing the ability of social services to take over for inadequate parents - through the courts, if need be. For instance, I had one parent that refused preschool services for all six of her children. All were identified officially as special ed before Christmas break of their kindergarten year (very, very rare for one - let alon all of them). So all of her children were in self-contained classrooms for students with mild-disabilities with environment as the psychologist's main reason for the cause. Social services was not allowed to touch these kids because there was no abuse there - She was exercising her parental right! Now each of these receive a $450 or check each month for the rest of their lives plus health insurance and paid for job training/ adult care. Where would the money best be spent in this situation??
The federal government gives additional funds for these students, but it is often illmanaged at the local level. I've seen first hand things thrown out rather than transferred to another school. Thousands of dollars are also wasted because they think it looks like fun in a catalog and then never used. Teachers take materials when they transfer school districts because things aren't inventoried and secured.
Gifted kids have almost an unlimited potential. Allow them to grow as much as possible.
Mentally disabled kids aren't going to be able to be average kids, no matter how much money is thrown at them. It's impossible for them to ever be equal, hence the separate label or category.
What I would spend additional funds on is early intervention programs from birth and increasing the ability of social services to take over for inadequate parents - through the courts, if need be. For instance, I had one parent that refused preschool services for all six of her children. All were identified officially as special ed before Christmas break of their kindergarten year (very, very rare for one - let alon all of them). So all of her children were in self-contained classrooms for students with mild-disabilities with environment as the psychologist's main reason for the cause. Social services was not allowed to touch these kids because there was no abuse there - She was exercising her parental right! Now each of these receive a $450 or check each month for the rest of their lives plus health insurance and paid for job training/ adult care. Where would the money best be spent in this situation??
The federal government gives additional funds for these students, but it is often illmanaged at the local level. I've seen first hand things thrown out rather than transferred to another school. Thousands of dollars are also wasted because they think it looks like fun in a catalog and then never used. Teachers take materials when they transfer school districts because things aren't inventoried and secured.
Gifted kids have almost an unlimited potential. Allow them to grow as much as possible.
What is the name of that book about those kids and superpowers?
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It is a teen read, and not too difficult. It is about a kid who gets in trouble at his school and is sent to a school for delinquents. This school then turns out to be a school more for gifted kids than for delinquents. He ends up befriending a kid who can find lost items because they whistle or something like that. The book also had a mysterious kid with pyrokinetic powers in it. I don't remember much else.
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hidden talents by David Lubar.
there is also a sequel, " true talents."
Martin- main character
Lucky- kid who 'hears' lost stuff
Torchi- pyrokinetic
Cheater- mind reader
Flinch- sees the future( like 5 seconds)
Trash- telekinetic( the mysterious one)
hidden talents by David Lubar.
there is also a sequel, " true talents."
Martin- main character
Lucky- kid who 'hears' lost stuff
Torchi- pyrokinetic
Cheater- mind reader
Flinch- sees the future( like 5 seconds)
Trash- telekinetic( the mysterious one)
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