"DD3 presented as a very imaginative child who liked to go off on verbal tangents."
We like to call our son the "10-year-old Verbal Tangent."
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When we first started exploring the world of Gifties, I remember liking Ruf's LOG scale for its simplicity. It was very helpful when we needed ANY label to put on our child.
I still have the checklists and recall the discussions with my wife about the different levels and what they could mean. By my checklist, I had him pegged at a Level 3, almost 4 and my wife leaned toward a solid Level 4. I recall thinking, "Oh boy, he's gonna be a handful -- but, hey, at least he's NOT a Level 5!"
Well... after all the formal testing, and discussions of what all THAT meant, we essentially through Ruf's LOG into the corner and forgot about it. (DS scored @ 99.9% for both IQ & Achievement... so, yes, we had one of THOSE kids after all!) The LOG was definitely an over-simplification for our child and helpful only to the extent that it gave us a basic introduction to the incredible range of children out there.
(I definitely agree with Lucounu's suggestion about not using the LOG with school people... unless they happen to bring it up first.)
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I can't think of any intelligent questions for the testing psych other than, "What on earth are we to do?"
We weren't armed with any of the formal evaluations until the summer before 4th grade, so we were really flying by the seats of our pants when he was 3yo and in preschool.
It was at the suggestion of his teachers that he started 1st at age 4y11m, skipping K altogether. After all the testing, we then skipped him again from 4th to 5th shortly after the start of the school year.
You are definitely on the right track, though, by getting your first set of "data points" and beginning your research. While our "Seat of the Pants" approach worked out fine, I think I would have been less anxious during those first tumultuous years.
