CCN- thank you for sharing. My son is really only getting A's because we are currently homeschooling and his standardized tests all show "advanced". His NWEA MAP test is several years above grade level. So the charter school we use bases grades on standardized testing only. It has been a huge benefit to us until now :-)
Especially in California, there's no way he would ever get time with a Speech Pathologist, OT or a TA without a formal diagnosis or the school recognizing a learning disability and issuing an IEP. There are really two paths- test with the school and they see a child in the lowest percentiles so you qualify, or come in with a private diagnosis and qualify. Since the school straight out refused to test and he missed the qualifying with our private tester by one point, not much we can do from that front. At least not that I can figure out.
We're poking around for a second opinion at this point. He does not have a recent OT evaluation, though he had one in kindergarten where was declared "borderline average". It's like a running theme around here.
I would consider OT, but I have to find someone who understands extremely gifted kids first. The last one (covered by our insurance) specialized in Autism and spoke to DS like he was very low functioning. He needs someone that isn't going to make him feel damaged and slow, or we are going to end up further and further into the hole of perfectionism.
