Having a neutral third party tell us our kid was gifted was unambiguously helpful. It resulted in a massive chiropractic adjustment in our approach to our son's education (and by extension to his younger sibling's education). We went from a "buffet" approach (trying a little bit of everything) to a full on gifted approach - we do all the gifted stuff we can. And it works. DYS (and the summits) may be an option if you child tests highly enough (But you have to test to find out).
My point exactly :-). Thank you