Our enrichment unlocked when a neuropsych (paid for by the district) stated clearly in his report that DD HAD to have it. He used all the necessary key words in his report (gifted, learning disabled, "truly exceptional", twice exceptional, etc) and then explained why the high level material was essential. No one ever questioned it again.
A friend with a 2E kiddo who is PG in math had her son do Kahn Academy every morning. She provided printouts showing her 8 year old second grader had taught himself trigonometry "just for fun" but the school wouldn't accept it. They did, however, pay for an evaluation to the same neuropsych we used. His report unlocked radical exceleration for him as well.
The report last year from the school psychologist stated he was bright, but he was tested with the KABC-II and because of he 2E-ness, it didn't demonstrate his abilities well. He was given a 124 IQ. Just tested him again with the WISC-V, and again his total GAI (127) was lower due to the verbal subtest (he has auditory processing issues), working memory and processing speed, but visual spatial was 138 (99%), fluid reasoning 134 (99%) and the tester specifically called out the mathematical reasoning subtest (figure weights) where he topped out at 99.6%. He's a bit of a perfectionist, so being told to "without mistakes" was a bit of a sabotage for the processing speed, not to mention it does take him some time to write. The tester was amazed by the way that he thought, and the fact that he did the block design not by trial and error, but just by looking at them and then placing where they went. She said his brain was like a little computer. He also completed the second set of 9 blocks, but busted the time requirement, so it didn't count.
I'm going to bring his report, and I'm hoping if I can show just how strong he is in mathematics, it will help.
