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fangcyn,

How was the overall experience? Would you recommended him?

thanks!

Just pm'd you.

He is pretty nice and very professional. DS7 likes him too. He is also very good at answering all our questions. DS7 is usually quite jumpy unless there is a book in front of him. Dr Palmer was able to get him to focus on the test.

Can anyone suggest someone in the Atlanta, GA area?

We tested with Dr. Mark McKee in Naperville, IL. We really liked him and he was great with DS.

Mom0405: Did you check out the Hoagies page? That's where I'd recommend starting.

Mom0405, I used the Hoagies page and contacted Dr. Spomenka Newman. We're in the middle of DD9's assessment. Dr. Newman is great and has developed a wonderful relationship with DD. She is located in Lawrenceville, GA. I would definitely recommend calling her.

Great map Grinity - thank you. Do you think we might expand it beyond US borders at some point - or have others contribute. I know there are people from Canada and Australia if no where else on the board. It would be helpful for those of us that have to occasionally live abroad/move for a job etc.

At bit off tangent but I heard testing might be invalid if it isn't 3 years apart??? Anyone hear this?
We tested DS 4.9 and was thinking to retest he is 6.4 now.
Is it not a good idea to retest?

if you have folks that you have personal knowledge of that really get profoundly gifted kids, has the social skills to interact well with parents and school folk, doesn't pathologise normal PG behavior and will diagnose a problem when it really exists - then we can certainly add them to the list. bonus points for having enough integrity to not teach parents to help kids how to adapt to toxic situations but instead keep reminding parents to make that needed change.

I heared you're not supposed to re-test within a 6 month period with a gifted kid esp - because they can remember the answers/test so well. The school refuses to re-do tests within 6 months anyway.

Anyone got resources in London UK? Or UK elsewhere?