Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment So...did WPPSI...on to Stanford Binet-LM

Pretty much what she said was esp. since DS is so PG it would be near impossible to not have the sibling be gifted as well. She mentioned 10 points but added if one child is in the PG range it could be a bit more.

I know it is premature but the reason I am ringing this up is for 2 reasons.

1. Just to give me an idea if I will end up home schooling or at least partly home school one or two kids...:-/

2. If the extreme attention to detail DS2.5 possesses along with an intensity and hightened awareness to everything around him is related to giftedness OR if there is something else going on. At this point I will have to assume these issues are related to giftedness. I have looked into SPD and it does not seem relevant.

The above issues are A LOT more profound with DS2.5 than with his PG brother. Anybody have any experience with this?

I have one child FSIQ 131 / 2e and one child FSIQ 146. There are marked differences. BUT there are also marked similarities. They are more like each other than they are like other peoples kids... The HG+ kid is a hider (as hide her ability), the 2E kid's iq is rising as her issues improve and was not tested before her wheels fell off, she was more mathy than miss HG+ as 2-3yt olds... They regularly give me lots to ponder....

MumOfThree, great way to put it! After reading what you said I realize my kids are FOR SURE more like each other than they are other peoples kids. We just had 2 of their cousins over to the house that are about the same age as my two boys. My kids were marching through the house, singing and putting on a show while their cousins were sitting there wondering what the heck they were doing....lol!

Although I am certainly not opposed to well done homeschooling that broadens a child's world rather than narrowing it, and did homeschool one of my girls for a while, I do want to put in the plug that all PG kids don't absolutely have to be homeschooled.

We were essentially given that suggestion by the GT coordinator at the time @ the district where my dds were attending school when we presented them with IQ and WJ scores for dd13 (she was 7 at the time). She told me that the district was philosophically opposed to meeting her needs, she wouldn't last long in public schools, and asked if I had considered homeschooling. While your dc may well be more gifted than mine, I don't think that the IQ number alone is the prescription for specific schooling situations.

My youngest, no matter what the IQ, would not have thrived with homeschooling given her extremely extroverted nature unless I had been able to find a very active homeschooling group with daily meetings. I seriously considered homeschooling her b/c she is 2e and we had a terrible time getting her needs met in school, but we do have a situation at the moment that is working reasonably well if not perfectly. My oldest is also reasonably well situated although again, it isn't perfect. That has required a combo of grade skipping, subject acceleration, AP & honors courses, and extracurriculars.

Even with the admission that it has been a challenge and not perfect, I don't think that homeschooling permanently would have been perfect either. Sometimes it is a combo of trying different things, remaining open minded to changing course if it really isn't working, and realizing that perfect often doesn't exist.

Cricket2, it is not so much his IQ number or even the term PG that has me thinking partial homeschooling for him at some point. It is his extreme desire for learning and how fast he learns. I hope I am wrong and that they (the private school he will be going to) can support him by subject acceleration and probably another grade skip down the line.(He is starting K early already)

I am planning on keeping him in school full time unless he starts to become unhappy with it. The great thing about him (and Silverman at the GDC pointed this out)is that he is a BIG kid. Very tall. so he could easily skip another grade without him being noticeably shorter. Also his handwriting is incredibly neat and quick. Something I guess PG kids can be lagging in.
This will come in handy if he gets into a class with much older kids. Apparently his processing speed surprised them all as well.

So if we can, subject acceleration and grade skip would be preferable. The school has said they are willing to work with him. And now I have the WJ-III to show them as well. Hopefully they will see that as a guide in what to do with him.