Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Does IQ testing is compulsory for Davidson?

Another option for IQ testing:

Tandra L. Tyler-Wood, Ph.D. at UNT administers the WISC for $250.

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Duke TIP is another talent search agency for TX, beginning in fourth grade, so your daughter is a litte young for that. For future reference, see http://www.tip.duke.edu/ Duke accepts Cogat and ITBS at 95% and above.

Hope it all works out.

I think applying to Davidson is a great idea, but I don't have a clear picture exactly what you are hoping it will do for you. They have a lot of benifits, but in the end, every child is different and has unique needed.

So the Gifted Pull out is giving an emotional/social boost, but between it and the regular program something is lacking and you feel the need to supliment at home. Suplimenting at home works well for some families, and we have tons of idea if you need them.

Another approach that work well for some families is to request a full grade skip plus the 1 hour pull out, so that the child is getting used to the idea that school is for learning, and also that idea that sometimes learning take a bit of time/struggle/engagement. (Can you tell I like this sort of thing? I do!)

Part way in the middle is to ask for your child to go up a grade (or two if needed) for certian subjects.

Starting with testing to sort out 'how unusual' your child is is a great starting point.

Let us know how things turn out!
Grinity

DYS only accepts SAT, ACT, and EXPLORE for qualification purposes. EXPLORE has the lowest age cuts, and I'm unaware of any talent search that will test younger-than-3rd-graders.

If you eventually go that route, no school involvement is necessary; you sign up directly with the talent search.

One downside to grade skipping is that the achievement test cuts are age-normed (so a skipped or young-for-grade kid is compared against age-mates), but the talent search cuts are grade-normed (so they're compared against grade-mates).

Thank you alex mom. Thanks 2 cool4school. I will certainly call them.
Grinity Thanks . I will definitely update once I finalize something.
Now about Davidson , what I 'm expecting from them is a little more direction to me and her as well. Right now as school is no help I 'm trying to help her but sometimes I get overwhelmed.