We have a ten year old who tested in college level reading when she was in second grade. She read Harry Potter by herself at 4yrs old. She is gifted in all tested areas but not all at college level. When she was in 2nd grade, she was mostly in junior high level in the other areas. She wants to read all the time. She always has. We don't want her to only read because she doesn't seem to have any friends at all. We were discouraged to find out that none of the kids in school play or talk to her. She is starting to notice, but not like a regular person would. She seems separate from other people. My husband works full time and I work 3 days a week. We try to be with her and her two sibs (younger brother also gifted but very social). We play games with them, teach them Spanish and history, take them on fun trips and try to be a big part of their lives. I worry there is something wrong with my daughter (Algus is her nickname). We know that she can do great things with her life, but what good is that if she is never happy? Is there a specialist in the country for the gifted that has seen this before? We have heard "really gifted autistic" from two school teachers, but I am a pediatrician, and she really doesn't seem to fit that. She is animated and loving to her 5 year old sister and loves cuddling with my husband and I. It seems to be an out of the house thing.
We live in a relatively small community and would be willing to go see whoever would be best but we are not willing to let her move away from us.
Any ideas? Horton
