For us, DS was identified as gifted in kindergarten. He started complaining he never learned anything in 1st grade. I joined this board last year when he was in 2nd grade because that's when he started to get depressed and act out and refuse to do some of the work. I wish I would have done more earlier, but for us, we waited until there was a huge problem that we couldn't ignore. I think it depends on the child and the school.