Re: GT K writing issues? Suggestions?

On 9/04/09, GT Teacher wrote:
> Why does this child have an IEP? I was considering my answer
> until I read that. What issue(s) generated the IEP? Without
> knowing that, one would be answering in rather a vacuum. Even
> before reading that, I was thinking.... how interesting.
>
> I'd want to know a bit about family history too. We can say
> good things even the right things till we're blue in the face
> at school but it can be to no avail if at home a message of
> perfection is preached.
>
> She has advanced level writing and drawing skills so her
> mistakes are slight - she has advanced level reading
> abilities too clearly for she recognizes misspellings. I
> remember with shock the day I envisioned a lovely fall scene
> in my mind and watch big bright clownish orange pumpkins come
> off my crayon.
>
> What else upsets her? Is she only upset by these two issues?
> That would be Very interesting if she's not upset in any
> other venues of life.
>
> But as interesting would be knowing what her IEP is for.
>
She's on an IEP for GT, rather than one for Special ed. She was
tested for possible aspergers syndrome a few years ago, and was
given a gIEP and consult services in preschool, which followed her
to Kindergarten. She does have some definite sensory issues,
difficulty with transitions, and the like, but her social skills
and communications skills seem pretty good. She doesn't struggle
socially in a K classroom, and her gross motor seems age
appropriate. At the time, the psychologist mentioned her
perfectionism in the report and recommended more contact with
young children, and her parents put her in preschool based on that
report.

Her parents both seem concerned and don't seem unduly concerned
about their child being the best or being perfect. However, the
mother has expressed concerns that since both she and her husband
are in detail oriented professions (engineering/computer science),
and both work from home at times, that their daughter might well
be picking up on the work attitude, and applying it to school.