Hi ErinP, do you know what types of testing your schools rely on to determine whether children qualify for gifted services? Are your DC old enough to do any of that testing? I would start with tests that are meaningful to your schools, because they are more likely to be helpful in your discussions with teachers and school personnel.
The lists of "gifted characteristics" are interesting, but I do feel that some of these lists start to almost try to describe one type of gifted child personality. Gifted children can present very differently from one another. The phrase I've seen thrown around here is true: If you've seen one gifted child, you've seen one gifted child. I have 2 DC that are proof of this - completely different personalities (extroverted/introverted; lively/compliant; etc.), but they tested within 1-3 points of each other in IQ.
