Originally Posted by DeeDee
Originally Posted by Mk13
My first thought too would be that the school staff does not realize that the signs for all the mentioned diagnoses (PDD, Asperger's, Anxiety, ...) could also be big signs for giftedness.

I kind of disagree with this, though. As I've said before, I am not a big fan of definitions of giftedness that paper over behavioral struggles (Dabrowski etc.). Most gifted kids IME do not show serious behavior struggles of this kind; and ignoring the struggles can mean that another exceptionality goes unaddressed, when addressing it can improve quality of life.

All the more reason to get to the bottom of what's going on.

DeeDee

I'm just thinking that I'd rather take the neuropsych's opinion than the school who's usually too fast to label? Personally, as I child, I would had been labeled ADD, Asperger's, OCD with severe social Anxiety to say the least but I never did (wasn't something that was done back then). But in the end I just turned out to be gifted with some social Anxiety but nothing I couldn't keep under control.

Maybe get further evaluation and / or second opinion???