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Intervention for underachieving gifted

by M

Jul 28, 2012

Do any of you support underachieving gifted students with special programming? If so, how do you identify the students who need support and what types of support do you provide? What resources do you use? Thanks.

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Froggybee I guess it depends on what you mean by "programming". I support my underachieving middle school students with daily or weekly "check ins", a plan for organization (which is usually the root cause), and conferencing with parents. I meet with classroom teachers every other week and also can pull grades (Ds/Fs) weekly! On 7/28/12, M wrote: > Do any...See More

Jul 28, 2012

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Oldtimer On 7/28/12, Froggybee wrote: > I guess it depends on what you mean by "programming". I > support my underachieving middle school students with daily or > weekly "check ins", a plan for organization (which is usually > the root cause), and conferencing with parents. I meet with > classroom teachers every other week and also can pull g...See MoreOn 7/28/12, Froggybee wrote: > I guess it depends on what you mean by "programming". I > support my underachieving middle school students with daily or > weekly "check ins", a plan for organization (which is usually > the root cause), and conferencing with parents. I meet with > classroom teachers every other week and also can pull grades > (Ds/Fs) weekly! > On 7/28/12, M wrote: >> Do any of you support underachieving gifted students with >> special programming? If so, how do you identify the >> students who need support and what types of support do >> you provide? What resources do you use? Thanks.

There are many reasons why a gifted child may be underachieving. I would start there by digging out the ''root cause'' as Froggybee suggested. Reading and studying up on underachieving in gifted is where I got started. There are plenty of resourses on line to help in your research.

It is a possibility your student could be a 2e gifted student. (twice exceptional). If the student has a disability along with giftedness this most likely will show up in testing. There will be a large gap between verbal and performance especially if the child has been tested with the Wisc.

You never mentioned the age of the child. Far too often when a child is not identified in the primary grades and support and resourses offered at that time it may be too late. Self esteem plummets and underachievement sets in. Teachers and parents then have an uphill battle to get this child back on track. One of the reasons it is so crucial to have our gifted identified sooner rather than later.

To sum up, get to the root of the problem (identify) and then provide the support. You cannot offer special programming unless you know exactly what you are dealing with. The child could be dealing with depression which is not at all unusual for a gifted/underachieving child. He may need a bit of counselling. This would be an example of extra support.

I wish you all the best as this has to one of the most daunting tasks when it comes to teaching and parenting gifted children. I speak from experience on this one. Hth a little!

Jul 29, 2012

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