It seems Alex Barton is not the only five-year-old verbally abused by his teacher. While Gabriel Ross has not been voted out of his classroom, he also heard his peers being forced to say they don’t want to be his friends, and he heard much worse things from his teacher . I first found Gabriel’s [...]
No Autistics Allowed? (the story of Alex Barton)
Everyone has already heard this unbelievable story – a teacher in a kindergarten classroom “led†her pupils “to vote […] out of class†a five-year-old being evaluated for Asperger Syndrome. The first coverage of this story (or one of the first) appeared on TCPalm.com (May 23, 2008 “St. Lucie teacher has students vote on whether [...]
Gifted Education – Federal level
Even though the United States has a federal definition of gifted students, there is no federal-level mandate to identify gifted students and place them in gifted programs. As a result each state has its own rules about gifted education. Despite no mandate, in 2008 there are federal funds for gifted programs through the Javits Grant, [...]
Shopping for an ADHD diagnosis?
One of the members of the ADD Forums discussion board recently claimed she knows a family who got a diagnosis of ADHD for their child to be able to enroll that child in a gifted program (see posts #42 and #52 of the thread “Re: Unwrapping the Gift of ADD” Program). I find it hard [...]