Well I decided to call a local psychologist who is very well known and lives in our area with GT children and she happened to pick up. She asked me all about my DS and really seemed to get what I was talking about and was not surprised the reactions that I have gotten to him at times by his previous preschool and other people. Anyhow, she told me that what she would recommend is getting him tested by her in the spring and doing the stanford Binet, the WIAT, the Bender visual motor gestalt test, and the Torrance test of creative thinking. She says she would meet with the parents (DH and I), see him probably on 3 different days, observe him for half a day at school, and also will be available to attend a school meeting in the future if needed to advocate and help us. It sounds like exactly what we are looking for! It's pricey though since insurance doesn't cover it...but I think it would be so helpful (so sadly we may have to do away with our first attempt to go away since having children as we were going to go away in the spring for our 10th anniversary). DH and I have discussed it and I think we are going to do it. He just wonders if we should wait longer until he is older...and if it is "really necessary" I don't want want to wait until he is already having problems and is labelled by the school as a behavior problem.
What do you think?
Michelle
