Welcome Elizabeth! So glad you found us!
Great Job Elizabeth - you've come a long way in a year! Really! It's a slow process.
Now for the next steps.
A) Call school and ask for a list of test that they are giving, that way you can post here and find out what the tests are.
B) Start asking around the local parents to find out what the school has provided for other identified gifted kids. If you school has a Gifted Coordinator, you can ask him or her.
C) Start dreaming about what you think your child needs. That means trying to get some idea of her LOG (level of giftedness) Then check and see if the criteria you are using to develop your idea of LOG is a reasonable one. We usually tend to be in 'Gifted Denial' as a rule, as many of us have Gifties in the family and as friends and think they are average, since they are 'average' in our lives.
LOG is a frontier development. Schools don't 'get' it yet. But you need to know if your child is likely to be well served by a 2 hours a week pull out program, needs subject acceleration, or need grade skip(s)
D) figure out 'who your kid is' and what you can do with her at home, so you have something to focus on that doesn't put you in the dependent position.
E) figure out a back up plan. Schools have been know to drag their heels and then offer almost nothing.
F) spend a few hours in your daughters classroom, in the next grade up, and the next grade up. See what the emotional expectations are, what the intellectual expectations, what the motor development expectations are, etc. Take notes. Imagine how your child would feel with the various peers and the various teachers.
BTW - you don't mention if your daughter is friendly with her peers. This is key to think about, as no 'solution' is likely to be perfect, or without cost - so it helps if you can look at potential downsides, such as losing great friends, or a great teacher in advance.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
