I started hanging out here a couple years ago. We had just tested DS (then 6.5). I was in the same room for the testing (to lessen the anxiety) and he was a disaster - hiding under the table, throwing toys around, giving silly answers, etc. I was stunned that he still tested gifted. The testing also pointed to a likely LD but he was too young to be sure.
Over the past couple of years I've learned a lot about gifted, LD's and the differences between the various levels of giftedness. We always figured his first scores were lower than if he had been cooperative. Reading here there were many stories of HG+ kids that resonated. Then again, there are also stories of kids reading at the age that DS had barely 5 words to cast doubt on my guesses. The joys of LD/asynchronous development.
We just retested him (now almost 9) and his GAI is in PG territory and he's officially LD (wow - that's the first time I've actually wrote that out... still weird). That was using the same test and the same tester.
Trust your gut and the psych that is telling you that his first scores were an under-estimation. Follow your gut!
