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Welcome!

I'm with acs. I'd avoid meds until you're SURE this isn't GT boredom. It seems like a much more probable cause given those scores.

Of course, it could be both HG+ and ADHD, but I wouldn't want to treat for ADHD without being 100% sure.

Dottie is our resident score fanatic. If she can't help you, I doubt anyone can!

I just found this article which looks interesting (but I haven't actually read it yet!)

http://borntoexplore.org/gifted.htm

On the left of that page is an ad for: The Edison Trait, saving the spirit of a noncomforming child in a conforming world.
I gotta get my hands on that one!

Thanks for this helpful link! One of my "GT knowledgeable" friends suggested that DD may be visual/spatial.

Karen

DD5 is too! Her handwriting is terrible! She does have trouble paying attention to auditory sequential type learning environment.
We actually brought her in for ADHD testing originally and we were told she does not have ADHD.

Thanks for the welcome and for your reply!

This is all that I have as for descriptions of her work -- on the WISC-IV:

"When administering the Digit Span subtest, N asked the examiner to read the numbers faster, reporting that the numbers 'go in one ear, and then go flopping out into the river.'"

On the WIAT-II, Written Language:

'N occasionally made changes to sentences after writing them, realizing that she forgot parts that she intended to write. She frequently stated, "Sorry my handwriting is so messy." No learning disabilities were revealed."'

I plan to bring these questions up at the 504 plan meeting -- might as well make use of the school psychologists while they are there!

Karen

Thanks for the book reference! I'll add it to my library queue.

Hi OrangeFish,
My son, now 11, also has similar profile. Elementary school was really tough for him. Hard to know if he actually has 'biological ADHD' or if he was trained to not focus due to hours and hours underplaced, or his he doesn have a focus problem at all, only a going along with other people's agenda problem.

Question - does she know how to type?
What does she like to do for fun?
Does she (LOL) hyperfocus?

If you haven't already, please do some afterschooling with her and see where her readiness level is. 19 comprehension scores mean that almost 99.9% of school CAN'T enrich enough no matter what they offer in Gifted Program.

More Later,
Grinity

Grinity, can you please explain what you mean by the above statement?

Thanks,
dazed

Not Grinity, but I believe the point is that such a score is so high (ceilinged out) that it's tough to address in most GT programs. Unfortunately for me I can't home school, so we have to do what we can with after-schooling, which will be a challenge on its own with my work hours. We may also have to consider private school.

Needless to say this is not something I would have thought I'd have to consider at the end of 1st Grade.