We were referred to the tester because DD's psychologist thought some of her behaviors might be on the spectrum. She had WISC, CARS, and BASC. The tester wasn't a gifted specialist.
The generic recommendations were things like, "give her higher level reading material" and "let her move around." It wasn't more specific than that, and most of the things were things we were already doing.
Our area just doesn't have professionals dedicated to gifted kids. This evaluator recommended trying the obvious: a private school, homeschool, or a gifted program. She also recommended a gifted school, which DD ended up at, but it abruptly closed its doors after 6 months. Beyond that one school, she didn't recommend specific schools, so her "local expertise" is pretty much nonexistent in our case. And our local school system was unimpressed with the fact that we went outside the school system at all for testing.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. It's awesome that your school was willing to work with you. I really wish there was a local resource for us, but there just isn't anyone.
