Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment 1st grade + chaos + eval = twice exceptional dx

Seablue- sorry to hear that you are hitting some road blocks.

In our situation, with testing in hand, the principal told us she would help him. When the meetings came about accommodations for 2e stuff (vision and fine motor), we were denied because he's above grade level. As far as gifted, we were told they would only accept Cogat- ridiculous! They wouldn't accept our outside testing. Ds did not score high enough on Cogat. (Wisc was GAI 142, but told after vision therapy would increase 15+ pts). Our district is small and affluent. Basically, they want to be right and don't want to be questioned. We COULD get an advocate or lawyer and fight. Instead, we are leaving the district for a private hg school. We chose to do this 1) because private school seems amazing and 2) we weren't sure that district could meet ds's needs even if we "won" (which tester said we would).

Hopefully, you will find the best fit for your dc that you can live with. From all I've heard and read, that's the best you can do. Hang in there! There's a lot of people here with a wealth of knowledge and first hand experience. Keep us posted!

Unfortunately I don't really have anything to say to help other than good luck! I share your frustration.

Well, about an hour after my post I got a post from Angle #2, the highly gifted magnet angle. They contacted me to say if we had a district-administered IQ test, DD could attend the highly gifted magnet. The gifted rep said the wait list is perhaps too long, time wise, for a September admit, but it was worth a try. So off I went to submit my request for an IQ test, this time to DD's school gifted coordinator, not the special ed coordinator. She, too, advised me to wait until 2nd grade OLSAT and 3rd grade cluster, but the highly gifted magnet rep poo-pooed that idea and urged me to press on. The school gifted coordinator warned me the district can take 6-8 months to test, but I don't care, I have to try. So today I submitted my written request for a district IQ test and I will provide a copy of the private testing tomorrow for special ed and gifted staff to see. I haven't had a chance to do that yet, and I believe it may help illuminate my sincere concerns to accommodate this learning creature before she drops out of high school.