Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Help processing test results and new adhd dx 2E?

I'm only going to address a small portion of your post.

Parents are actually the most reliable people to recognize highly intelligent children - remarkably more accurate than teachers. Trust yourself!

My son took WISC at 6 years old. IQ was high-average, not "gifted". At 7 he was diagnosed with ADHD. At 8 he retested WISC while medicated for ADHD. With ADHD treated, his GAI was in the "extremely gifted" range.

I'd been second guessing myself and being overly passive with his school because of my lack of confidence in his abilities. I regret not trusting myself. I wish I'd known how profoundly untreated ADHD can affect WISC testing.

Because of the experiences I've had, I suggest you look at his test results as a minimum. You know he is *at least* GAI 127, which is 96th percentile for intelligence. That's significant!

I would expect that his classroom behavior would improve if he was engaged and learning at school. However, what I found with my son was that he was unable to be engaged and unable to participate without medication. (A few years later, this is no longer true. Treatment needs may ebb and flow over time.)

Please hang around for a while, your son needs you to advocate for him so he can get his needs met. Being 2e is hard!