My question is for those with children of similar profiles. Are your kids successful in a gifted classroom? What has been the ideal educational setting and accomodations for your child?
My 2e ds doesn't have exactly the same profile, but he is dysgraphic as well as having a challenge with expressive language and *yes* he's been very successful in a gifted classroom. The key, for *any* classroom he's been in is to first, understand what the case of the challenges are, and second, do everything you can to remediate what can be remediated and put appropriate accommodations in place for what can't be remediated. You're still at the beginning of the process for your dd - you know something's up, you have your first set of data, and you have referrals for further testing to rule in/out dysgraphia etc. Keep moving down the path - get the testing done, follow the advice of the evaluators for remediation and accommodations. Push for what your dd needs at school. Figure out for yourself (and with her input) what school/classroom fit are best for her.
FWIW, my ds has always been much happier in gifted classrooms. He's challenged no matter *what* classroom he's put into, but having to move slowly through curriculum, listen to other students ask questions that he knew the answers to already, all of those things made the part of school that should/could be happy and successful for him pure drudgery. He was much better off learning how to overcome and live with his disabilities in a classroom that met his intellectual needs.
Best wishes,
polarbear
