Originally Posted by Austin
IMHO peds should screen for GT just like they do for disabilities. It would give parents some information they could work with.


We are very fortunate to have a very young, probably PG doctor who said when DS was 18 mo "Um... you should probably start thinking about school" and opened the door for a lot of conversation. We were taken aback a bit because DS was born prematurely and all we'd ever heard from the docs was "He'll probably be normal by 3!" but nobody told us to watch for the other direction :-)

Our pediatrician was also great when last year's teachers started whining about ADHD. He laughed them off and said obviously they'd never taught smart boys before. Then promptly referred us to an ed.psych for testing.