Asynchronous development is par for the course for gifted kids. If the program is expecting kids to have handwriting on level of their critical thinking or reading ability, that for me raises a flag that they may not understand child development and what is appropriate.I don't think it reflects a good understanding of giftedness or child development to expect five year olds to have handwriting at the level where they are capable of volumes of written output. Of course if a 4.5 year old is unable to hold a pencil enough to check a box then yes that would be a sign an OT evaluation is in order.