Thanks Blackcat. At this point, I'm unclear on what is behind his disorganization and inattentiveness. Perhaps he's still underdeveloped in the frontal cortex area and it will get better with time. Did you get a neuropysch evaluation done when you discovered that large gap? I was going to request an IEP evaluation from the school due to his diagnosis but the school told me he is too high achieving to qualify.
Sorry I wasn't clear about the gifted elementary school; you get in either by being identified as gifted or if you are high achieving. You do not have to be identified as gifted but they rank students using this identity, report cards and the nonverbal test. That non verbal test is what got him in, but he is not a GATE student.
The one benefit I know of would be that he would have priority enrollment for our district's summer gifted camps. I'm not sure how else he would benefit though (we are in CA).
