hi all,
I'm new here! little background.. our son is 5 (just turned 5 in August). He's had ongoing issues in school settings since pre-school - not listening, arguing with adults, being bored with the work, not able to relate to kids his own age. At 4 year 1 month old he was given some testing so he could get an IEP and his visual-spatial score (VMI) came back at 129. His DAS-2 SNC score came back at 113. These were not really explained to us and he continued to have issues and a spec ed. teacher visit his class once a week during pre-k.
he just started kindergarten last month and we are seeing the same issues again. he can't relate to the children, he knows he's different somehow, he argues with the teacher, he doesn't like it when she tries to help him w/o him asking first, he pushes the other children, he won't listen and follow instructions. we are working with them now on a new IEP (we moved counties and they can't transfer them).
we believe he is gifted. my IQ has been tested at 148 by UK MENSA (i live in the USA now). we used a sperm donor to conceive our son (we are a same-sex couple) and although we don't know his IQ he has a master's degree in quantum physics. my sister's 2 oldest sons are gifted. my maternal grandfather solved the rubik's cube in his 60s and wrote the solution down. he and my uncle could do it in seconds. i suspect my dad is also gifted but he has never been tested.
do the test scores we received when he was 4 show anything? we're not sure if we should have him tested again. he shows amazing skills in problem-solving computer games, mazes, jigsaw puzzles (can sit quietly since before he was 4 and do 100+ piece puzzles), can build Lego designed for older children, can "read" books back verbatim although he can't read yet. he basically shows all the same traits i had as a child, including some of the emotional issues we've been seeing.
help!!
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