Hi, Thank you sooo much for the replies. My DS has learned to compensate for his slowness through the years. When he took his first GATE test at 7 years old he got every answer correct except one, and the teacher told me if he had more time, he would have gotten that one correct as well. My DS has always been a slow processer. When given tasks that are timed, it is very rarely finished. When untimed he scores so high that educators are amazed. He is a freshman this year and made a hard transition in to high school and I can understand that, but in high school they will not make accomadations for him, simply because he is not "special education material". He gets good grades, but with his scores and potential why isnt he getting GREAT grades? I have recently read an article titled the tortoise hypothesis. It sounds so much like him. He has serious anxiety because he cannot think on the spot, it takes him forever to process his thoughts. His self esteem is terrible because he is getting a C- in what should be an easy class. I want to have him tested, but I don't know the first thing about it. I sought assistance from the school psychologist and she scolded me for trying to get him help. She says his grades are fine and unless they see him failing there is no help for him. I tried to explain that exceptional children can include gifted children as well. She said she didn't know anything about it and has never dealt with children that are gifted and that I should just be grateful that my child isn't mentally retarded or failing. My main concern is how do I get this kid into a college that I know he can succeed in if his grades aren't up to par? Am I being silly or unreasonable? Also it doesn't help that he barely turned 13. So my DS is socially behind his peers as well.
