I sort of expected my son to be gifted, I had no clue that there was more to gifted than 'smart' and 'does well in school.'
Ruf's term 'level of gifted' 'LOG' explains so much for me - like why my kid is compared to kids in public school in the top 5% and looks like a defective version of bright.
My son wasn't an early reader, but is 'Davidson YS' gifted. I'd like the think that if I had gotten ahold of this info earlier, or seen Ruf herself, she might have supported my 'belly-worries' that his reading was lagging behind the rest of his intellectual development, and that there were visual issues going on. Even my most gifted-friendly friend though I was 'being hyper' for being concerned that a kid who knew all his letter and their sounds at age 2, wasn't reading more than 'exit' and 'start' at age 5.
So, although my particular kid tests higher than Ruf Levels, I still think that Ruf has an important piece of the puzzle.
I agree that I wouldn't use the book to 'rule out' high LOG giftedness. ((Although I did use the book 'Genius Denied' to do that very thing. The Force (of denial) is strong in this one.))
Smiles,
Grinity
