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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I previously posted about my daughter who was exhibiting signs of dyslexia asking iif I should have her tested. I got some great feedback and we decided to have her get a private reading eval. We didn't do a full work up because of the expense and what appears to be issues in just a few areas. Based on the testing she had they said her scores were consistent with a diagnosis of dyslexia. As a result we have now moved to start her with private tutoring because shE doesn't qualify for an IEP. When the tutor, who specializes in dyslexia reviewed her test scores she asked if I had given the score to her school to also get her into the TAG program because her listening comprehension was in the  92 percentile. I explained that I had but when the school gave her a logic test she only scored in the 37 percentile so she was rejected from the program. [b]The tutor felt so that we should take our daughter to a private center who works with twice exceptional kids because the test the school gave her wasn't necessarily accurate and she felt her score on the private test was unlikely to be a "false positive".[/b]

Of course the private testing is going to be expensive and I'm wondering if it is really important to do. I'm struggling with how useful it really would be for her to be identified as gifted and how that might help her. I also mentioned to the tutor that the school has started to indicate that they think she might have ADHD, which has never been indicated before and honestly doesn't really ring true to me or my husband. At that point the tutor pulled out a sheet of paper that compared signs of gifted to signs of ADHD and said often kids who are gifted are misidentified as having ADHD. In my gut, I have no idea if our daughter is gifted or not. The tutor asked about family history and I mentioned that our son, her little brother (1st grader) was put into TAG based on his math skills (and my husband's cousin-in-law who is a math teacher also said he felt our son was gifted in math before he entered Kindergarten) but that he hadn't had any formal testing other than that logic test. My brother has a very high IQ (our parents never told him the score but it was definitely on the outlier high side). I'm average and my husband is as well. Anyway- long story short the tutor felt that the real issue is that our daughter is likely twice exceptional but the school isn't seeing it.

Does it really make a difference to be identified as gifted? If we don't test her and she is gifted will that create problems for her later on (she's in 3rd grade right now)? FWIW the tutor doesn't do the testing- [b]she gave me names of 3 places to go. Does it make sense to do a more comprehensive work up to also have her tested for ADHD, which I have read is also frequently found in dyslexic kids[/b]? I feel like this testing thing can be a slippery slope but I also don't want to fail my child in advocating for her.

Sorry for the long post - but I'd appreciate thoughts from BTDT parents.

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What private center?  Depending on the names you were given, we can give you more feedback.  Your DD may or may not be gifted, but if she's struggling in more than one area, a comprehensive evaluation is a good idea.  The most important thing is to have it done with a reputable evaluator.[/quote]

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