There's a real problem faced by "highly-capable" or "gifted" kids:
Things are easy for them, until they're not.
And when things get difficult, it's often because the kid coasted by on their IQ without developing the skills they'd need when things got more complex than they were able to brute-force with their brains.
I know this happened to me, and it's only as an adult that I learned more about why.
Autism is often co-morbid with executive function impairment and atypical sensory-processing.
Learning skills to help counter executive functioning issues and techniques to deal with over-stimulus when it comes to task completion can dramatically improve quality of life and burnout issues with tasks that suddenly seem to be too great to surmount.
Take this with some salt, I transitioned from psychology to computer science half-way through my college career.
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@alice
One of the best things our gifted ADHD daughter learned at the private non-profit school she attended through sixth grade was *how to get along with non-gifted kids*. I was a gifted, verbally-precocious kid. Such kids can be very impatient and cruel to kids that don't learn as fast they do!
@axnxcamr @actuallyautistic @PeteLittle
@dancingtreefrog @alice @axnxcamr @actuallyautistic @PeteLittle Hmmm. I was bussed to a public school magnet program grades 4-6 for that very purpose. I probably wouldn't bristle if you hadn't written "private non-profit," as if that was ok.
@phaedral
It was the only school option here for gifted ADHD students on Oahu. At least it wasn't a for-profit school; I loathe for-profit schools! Hawaii DOE doesn't do a good job for such students. My in-laws' gifted kids attended a gifted program with about 40 students until the school principal discontinued it. He didn't believe in doing anything for students that weren't his idea of "average". The school district supported his decision. :(
@alice @axnxcamr @actuallyautistic @PeteLittle
@dancingtreefrog @alice @axnxcamr @actuallyautistic @PeteLittle Sorry, I'm grumbly today. Appreciate your posts!
@phaedral
No problem! As a third-generation descendant of public school teachers, I'm a fan of public schools!
@alice @axnxcamr @actuallyautistic @PeteLittle