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  • School and Learning
    Your Child's School
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    Find out what to look for in an after-school program.

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    School Performance

    The Kuhlmann-Anderson Intelligence Test is a standardized group intelligence test that may be given in grades K-12.

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    School Performance

    If your child is enrolled in a public school, contact her teacher or the principal and ask to have her referred for testing by the school psychologist.

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    School Performance

    Unfortunately, many schools screen for achievement or intelligence, and do further testing only if the child scores at a high level initially.

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    School Performance

    Find out what you can do when several children in a class are brought to tears by the teacher.

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    School Performance

    Find out what to do when your child's teacher for the new school year has higher expectations than his previous teacher.

  • School and Learning
    Your Child's School

    Departmentalization rarely works for young children; it's more important for them to have consistency.

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    Your Child's School

    This article describes how giftedness is often linked with extreme sensitivity.

  • School and Learning
    School Performance

    Underachievement can have many origins, but there are strategies that help to reverse it.

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    School Performance

    A variety of tests may be given to determine a child's giftedness. Assessors sometimes try to test the limits of a child's knowledge.

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    School Performance

    Ask a school counselor to observe your child's classroom behavior when he has trouble completing seatwork.

  • School and Learning
    Your Child's School

    Although a definition of giftedness has existed since the early 1970s, mandates for services and funding for programs have been slow in coming.

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    School Performance

    A school psychologist can explain the various tests (e.g., what they are designed to measure), discuss your daughter's performance, and comment on how that is relevant to her current performance.

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    School Performance

    Skipping a child a year means that she will always be one of the youngest students in her class, which may be difficult for her.

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    School Performance

    There is no definitive way to explain why some gifted children do not achieve their potential. Likewise, there are no universal solutions.

  • School and Learning
    Your Child's School

    Smaller class size is directly related to higher student achievement.

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    School Performance

    Play to your child's interests in order to motivate him academically.

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    Your Child's School

    What questions should you ask when looking for a new school for a child with an auditory processing deficit?

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