Anyone else have a kid 2E with ADHD in AAP?

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a 2e definition? I’ve used it with my own child who has a gifted FSIQ but also an LD. Her scores are lower because of low processing speed but they are still in the gifted range. She is that smart, in other words. Her disability is there, but she still tests as gifted.

But I’ve read here multiple times about kids who have ADHD or another LD but not the gifted FSIQ who are being called 2e.

I really don’t they no those kids belong in AAP. I don’t think it’s doing anybody a favor. Yes, your child is bright, but they do not have a gifted level IQ and on top of that they have a disability.

I’m the OP. I didn’t know 2E was a thing until the psychologist who diagnosed Dc1 with adhd said that’s what he was.

I know 2e is a real thing. Gifted kids can have LDs of SNs.

But if a kid scores 120 on IQ I don’t think it’s right to think the score is wrong because of an LD or SN. The score is suppressed. Period. There are many kids with strengths in the gifted range but don’t qualify as gifted. Because they aren’t. It’s slmost like when a kid scores below the gifted range now parents automatically start thinking it’s 2e. Or point to the one score above 130.

I"'m not sure that you are totally right. GAI is cognitive potential so can be used as a measure but only 1 subscore above 130 would not make the GAI 130. Also, the second "e" also has to be diagnosed. For example, slow processing speed is not an LD. However, it could indicate ADHD or dyslexia which is Dx-ed with a set of other tests.