Hi Kristi, As a former educator and my husband being an administrator and former special education teacher I know that if you are staffed into the special...
Kara - we live in SLC. My kids are older than your daughter, but you are welcome to email me directly. I am active in local gifted organizations and lead...
I have a couple suggestions. First, it would be a good idea for your husband to spend some time actually in some of the schools in the district, not just...
Hi Kara, I live in Park City, UT and my two girls are older, but I'd like to give some advice. Both of my girls had troubles keeping friends when they were ...
Hello, I just joined this group in hopes to get some helpful info. I have a 5 y.o. daug. who is diagnosed with selective mutism(she does not speak at school)...
Hi Bev. Welcome to our group. I've never heard of selective mutism, but our son was a few years late in talking. He's five now and has been talking for about...
... From: Barry To: parentinggiftedchildren@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:44 PM Subject: [Parenting Gifted Children] Re: New to the group. Hi...
Hi Bev -- Welcome... I relate so much to your post. I could have written it 4 yrs ago. ... 9, I would consider her just extremely shy. She is also highly...
Hey everyone. I saw this on one of my other lists I am subscribed to and thought I'd forward it to all of you because I got my CD in the other day and think...
Sallie, I was just reading "All kinds of minds" and your post made me wonder if your daughter has a weakness in her expressive language? If you haven't read...
I don't know a lot, but can share 2 experiences with selective mutism. One was my younger brother around age 5. He would not talk at school at all. He got...
An addition to this: "All kinds of minds" by Dr. Mel Levine talks about strengths and weaknesses in minds. "Selective mutism" sounds like a weakness in the...
I have no experience with that type of evaluation, and at that cost, most likely never will. BUT, I would be very interested in the strategies you try...
Hello, I have recently joined this and I wanted to get some other opinions about my other children. My middle child, is now 4 and I for sometime have though...
Anyways, How do you deal with 3 ... Hi Bev, great question! This could be 400 pages long if you really delved into it I suppose. I'd like to hear responses...
... when I try to do one on one time with my kids. They all want to be involved in whatever the other is doing especially my oldest since she has such a broad...
Bev, This thought never crossed my mind: I don't want you to think I just ... LOL how could I think you sit around with 3 kids??? There are just times that you...
BUT, I would be very ... Okay, here's something that worked last night as we went out for dinner with DS 7: He spend the first 45 minutes on his knees, on the ...
Corinne, I'm really behind on my posts, so sorry if this is a duplicate. I HIGHLY recommend, "Losing Our Minds:Gifted Children Left Behind" by Dr. Deborah Ruf,...
You may want to check SENG www.sengifted.org for groups in your area. We don't have any, but I'm hoping to take the training and start one. Also check out your...
Christine, I was really surprised reading through "Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted..." and really saw a lot of my child's "immaturity" in a new...
My child was diagnosed with ADHD/SID and a couple of LDs. I have the opportunity to have an ABA therapist work on him daily but would like to throw out this ...
Hello, We live in Suffolk. My daughter started homeschooling in January after leaving the Long Island School for the Gifted. If you would like, email me at...
Hi everyone, I thought I'd introduce myself and I have a few questions (I've been subscribed, web only, for a few years, but haven't checked back here for a at...
I keep reading books on children with Sensory Issues and Picky Eaters and wonder if maybe there's a market out there for me to write my own book. I have a ...
ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT MY SON?!? LOL My ds is 10 and is the same way. Has been since about 3. I did all of the same things you have done and...
... is one I bit in the butt. I am not a short order cook and children have a way of training parents.I used to make 2 different meals. i so can see my son...
My DS 7 is very picky. Now, not so bad, and maybe not to the extent of your kids, but here are things that have worked for us: 1. He (occasionally)plans the...
Beth, I am glad that things have gone well for you. We do not eat fast food regularly, either. My son has sat at the dinner table from 6:30 until 11 p.m....
Thank you for response. My daughter is the same way. She simply will not eat, and it goes on for days and days. I do have three children, and the other two ...
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