Welcome!
I'd recommend having the school test your DS if you can go that route. Often they'll only accept their testing for GT programs and acceleration anyway, so any outside testing you get won't be of much use to you in terms of advocacy. Plus if you can have the school test, it will save you some money.
School systems don't always make it easy to figure out how to request testing--a lot of times "no" just means that you're asking the wrong person--but if you can figure out the system, it's worth the time and trouble to figure it out. It pays to ask more than one place if you get a "no, we don't test kids that age" if you can do so without making a nuisance of yourself.
If the school really will not test or if you are unhappy with the type of testing offered by the school, then I'd recommend checking out the Hoagies' webpage on testing. All the psychologists on their list are skilled in working with GT kids, and that's important if you want to see what your child is capable of. Here's the link:
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/psychologists.htm#susaIt looks like there are 3 testers recommended in FL.
BTW, if anyone has a tester to recommend whom is NOT on the list, Carolyn K. is happy to add to the list. I suggested the tester we used and got a very nice e-mail message back from Carolyn thanking me. I see that our tester is now on the Hoagies' list.
It's a good system!
