Welcome! And don't worry about sharing here. You may wish to read through the fun threads such as "you know you have a gifted child" and the bragging threads. It's all good here.
Yes, there can be reasons you'd want to know exactly what level of giftedness your kids are at (you will see the acronym LOG referenced). For instance, you might want more comprehensive testing to find out what is going on re your oldests struggle with reading comprehension. Agree it might simply be a test taking strategy problem so yes, talk to the teacher first and then, sigh, some test prep may be in order (though maybe not with the LSAT). As in, these are the hoops you will have to jump through for the rest of your schooling anyway, so might just as well learn how now.
Handwriting may be an indirect giftie issue (is she still accelerated? Young for grade? Does she struggle with thinking so much faster than she can write?) or something else altogether, and you might want to have an OT evaluate her just in case.
Or she may just need more practice.
It makes sense to check out gifted options and their testing requirements for middle school and enrichment programs accessible to you now before you schedule more IQ testing - there may be tests or testers programs require or conversely don't accept, and limits to how old the test may be. Might as well kill two birds with one stone.
Last edited by Tigerle; 03/18/15 12:13 AM.
