Well, we've had a bit of good news it seems. Although written in clinical speak, our GWA came back today and the school psychologist recommended inclusion into the gifted program and a GIEP will be scheduled shortly. I am assuming--and those of you familiar with PA please correct me if I'm wrong--that if we are going to get scheduled for a GIEP that we've definitely been id'ed as gifted. That was one of my concerns, as this is an important marker.
The nice thing... almost ironic thing... is that the school psychologist (who largely quoted from our original report with a few additions) specifically included passages about how DS could be quiet and intense when he's analyzing something. I laughed.
JB