Fellow parents:
We start cognitive testing next week with a Developmental Psychologist. Our son has social/behavioral issues in educational settings. What if he doesn't want to do the test and we don't have proof of what we know?
Many at the kindergarten are mystified by our son. He might end up twice exceptional, but no one is convinced he has ADD or ADHD. We aren't convinced, the principal isn't convinced, our pediatrician isn't convinced, no one is... (sigh). He has some sensory issues, which fall into that over-excitability category. Heightened senses....and sock issues. They told us they didn't have time to figure out his "quirks". The school repeatedly points to the spectrum which we have ruled out twice. They are rude!! I honestly feel they have had no training in recognizing gifted traits. They told us that he only talks like an adult because he hasn't been socialized properly. (They somehow missed the fact that he was in the public pre-k program and his teacher suggested he was very probably gifted!)His intensity, endless curiosity, and sense of humor are all some type of disease to the school.
I hate sending my son to school everyday. We live in a small community with few choices on schools. I am considering home schooling, but I am not sure if I have the intelligence or the understanding to handle all those intense gifted traits. HELP!
