A young student in high school math is a lot different in my opinion than a Kindergartener with motor delays in 4th grade. Does that make sense?
My current opinion (in the middle of this journey with DS10) is in elementary grades to accerelate only the minimum amount to keep the child engaged. I think acceleration is most necessary - and most difficult - in elementary years. Don't feel like you need a long-term educational plan yet. Take it one semester at a time and pick whatever schooling option is the current best fit.
I am running short on time so can't go into detail re my ds' 2e experience, but I agree with sanne. Elementary school can be very frustrating for 2e kids because they have to struggle with both boredom and challenge. It's easy to want to focus only on the gifted e but it's really critical to be sure you're working to remediate the other e as much as possible and also get your child used to working with accommodations if they will need to use accommodations throughout their school career.
I also think it's interesting that sanne mentioned the difference between kindergarten and 4th grade... 4th grade was a very challenging place for my ds - up until that time, classroom demands were low enough that although he was frustrated and anxious over the challenges of his 2nd e, they weren't impacting his academic progress in a hugely noticeable way at that point in time. 4th grade was the academic year that he himself began realizing the impact his challenge had... and as much as I'd like to think that being intellectually gifted can make up for the other side of the challenge... even now as a senior in high school he's still dealing with a significant challenge. I don't say that to be discouraging, but mention it because I don't regret one minute we spent focusing on his challenge in elementary school and honestly wish we'd worked harder at it earlier. Life (school) was much easier for ds once he reached middle school due to choices opening up for subject acceleration etc (with the possible exception of having a challenge with organizing himself lol!). Academics were tracked once kids reached middle school, and with accommodations in place it was much easier to get him placement at the level he needed to be at rather than defined by his limitations.
Hope that helps!
polarbear
