Collinsmum... He was in a regular 1st grade class and he did say it was boring. Although you are right, his issue with writing makes school a struggle. Now that he is identified as gifted at our school he will have a pull out class 2x a week for an hour. It's not much, but I think he will like the GATE teacher and I am hopeful that he will enjoy it. He is a perfectionist and he gets irritated if he has to work at anything. Not good life qualities.
Ultramarina... He was not formally diagnosed as anxious and depressed, but I think he is. The psych says he is typical highly gifted, we have talked about it several times. He doesn't seem typical anything to me. He is exhausting. So stubborn and he still has the occasional tantrum.
