Your Child's School

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Smaller class size is directly related to higher student achievement.

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

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