I thought the IAS manual states that the school is supposed to fill out the forms in a meeting WITH the parents. This isn't how it worked for us, but we did have several phone conversations that day the school counselor filled out the forms.
They are supposed to fill it out with you, but when they don't understand how to use it I figured we were better off to fill it out ourselves and answer the questions with conservative answers just to get a gauge if she would be a good candidate. I would love for them to work with us and use this book the way it is supposed to be used.
They use it as an assessment for their gifted program(I will be asking how since that doesn't make much sense after reading it) and they won't do any of the individual testing b/c they think 6 is too young. So it isn't the best way to use it, but I feel it still gives us some insight to if she is a good candidate. I answered all the questions with one lower answer than what I really thought(on the ones dealing with her behavior in school) b/c I am not in school to really know if she never turns down a challenge, or how her interpersonal skills are etc., but b/c this isn't our first meeting with them and have gotten their viewpoint on how she interacts with kids and responds to challenges that I have a pretty good indication to what they would answer.
I also know how she responds to challenges in the Saturday gifted/enrichment program she is in and have a letter from that instructor with her observations of dd in that environment.
