I agree with aline...we went through this exact same thing with DS7 at the beginning of this school year. I felt railroaded even with an advocate and a full slew of test results. The teacher and guidance counselor chose to focus on his behavior (which was stemmed from him being bored out of his mine and not knowing the correct way to handle his frustration as a 6 year old at the time). They kept telling me that they wanted to asses for Aspergers and we kept telling them that he does not fit the label and that our ped outright laughed when I told them what they wanted to do. we did their assessment and it showed he had zero chance of having Aspergers but that he was highly gifted.
I was stunned when our advocate informed us that it was clear that this school was not going to work with us and that she suggested we "fib" during the assessment process in order to get him staffed as Aspergers because then they would be required to focus more on getting his needs met. I refused because I did not want my child to be improperly labeled. I also suggest the read MisDiagnosis- excellent book. At one point we had considered driving to Kentucky to meet with Dr. Amend for gifted testing....we set up a phone conference with him and he was So incredibly fascinating to listen to on the phone...he shared that SO many gifted children get misdiagnosed and that you know your child best
Last edited by Belle; 02/22/10 07:20 PM.
