Thanks, Amy & Lisa.
When you say testing privately, do you mean educational testing ? My son will be 6 next summer, and I read somewhere that it is best to wait till 6 or even 7 or 8 for testing to be done. Also, the school did test him, and he is verbally gifted. Processing score was average. His teacher does have those test scores as well
Or, by testing, do you mean testing by a psychologist to rule out ADD/ADHD ?
Can you wait? We tested DS at 7 and the psychologist told us the results were inaccurate (because of his ADHD behaviour). She told us to wait two years and test him again. Now only one year has passed and he's like a different kid - the year of maturation has been incredible - but of course now we have no $$ coverage to have him tested again.
Meanwhile SENG told me that gifted kids often have pre-frontal cortex delays that result in non-compliant behaviour during testing, and that they should never be tested before the age of eight.
