If doctors can be trained to recognize atypical development on the left side of the Bell Curve, it seems like they could pretty easily be trained to spot it on the right side. (Especially since many already are spotting it...)
I hear what you're saying about people giving too much weight to what doctors say, no5no5. And there's no guarantee that any screening by anyone is going to be perfect or all-encompassing. Mistakes are bound to happen. Nobody's neutral. etc. etc.
But doctors see a lot of kids, and they already ask the right sort of questions. It doesn't seem a big leap to add giftedness to the list. It would be another case of referring the family to a specialist in the area, not of giving extensive advice. I don't see a problem with that approach.
After all, most teachers are laypeople in the area of gifted education, too, and they're giving extensive advice...
<shrug> It's not something I'm going to work hard to make happen or anything. But it seems like it could work pretty efficiently.
