Hi Tied2 - Welcome!
With a score like your son's - ANYthing is possible. It will sure take a while to figure things out.
Is this your district?
http://sfpc.lausd.k12.ca.us/GATE/intro.htmlI would totally suggest that you try to talk to some local folks who understand gifted kids. When they go the route of acting out - like mine, now 12, did - they can really take off the roof!
My son was also 'beyond regular gifted' and didn't learn to read until 1st grade. Have you had your son's vision checked? that's one place to start...
Can you get a copy of the IQ test, see which one it was, and what the raw scores or subtest were? You can post or private message Dottie for help understanding the actual scores and how they work together to make life tough for him.
Basically, I would make a written request (not email) to the principle that you would like a meeting with the Gifted Coordinator to discuss your son's needs as a gifted learner. Some gifted programing is great for kids who are like your son, and sometimes they really, really only want the cooperative, gifted by not overly gifted, ones.
I'm with Minnie on the 'loved and accepted at home' suggestion, and would go further to set up a weekly 'date' with him - no interruptions, no matter what, to do whatever he wants as long as it's legal and within your budget, and try to enjoy him on his own terms.
Also don't forget humor, if you can pull it off without humiliating him. If he is talking about that upside-down A, how would he react if you said, "Eh, I don't remember what it's called either, let's just call it 'triangle-man.' You may want to work on a book together and rename all the letters, while you are at it. If you son is like mine, he revels in being the one to make the rules and have a chance to laugh at me when I get confused and call in 'trifangle-man.' The sillier the better, as I'm sure he's not getting that at school.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
