In regard to the note that HG & PG kids need more than 1 yr of acceleration barring a 2e issue, maybe but maybe not and I wouldn't worry about that yet when crossing the first skip bridge. My dd is HG but not PG and we've gotten by with the combo of one grade skip, the bd that put her in as young for grade, subject acceleration post-skip, AP & honors courses, and choicing her to a very large high school (around 2,000 kids) so the odds of there being other gifted kids was better, and selecting a school that is very high performing with significantly higher expectations than our assigned school.
I disagree (about PG not needing more than one year acceleration). Being/needing much more advancement is (IMO) the true essence of being profoundly gifted, not getting a random 145 score on a test given on a single occasion (davidson's definition).
In cricket's example above, he/she has a child labelled as HG who required an early school start, a grade skip, subject accelerations and a high performing school in order to accommodate his/her child. A PG child should require even more.
I guess that we may have some difference in definition then, which is fine. To be clear, my kiddo isn't just labelled as HG by her school system, she is a person who has consistently tested slightly below DYS requirements in tests like talent search and individual achievement and the one IQ test she took yrs ago without accommodation for processing speed deficits such as extended time.
I really do think that HG or PG is about depth, yes IQ scores, and just learning differently than typical. I use as my comparison my other dd who is also HG but has had less acceleration (a slightly earlier school start than her sister, subject acceleration, and honors classes but no grade skip). She's not less gifted simply b/c she's needed less acceleration. She's just one whose greatest passions are not in the academic realm.
I guess that I am not sure about defining any specific degree of giftedness solely by the amount of grade skips needed. In reality, there are no number of grade skips that would make a perfect fit for most HG or PG kids b/c they still need different more than they need the same stuff offered faster.
