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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have his IQ scores. [/quote]

Why do you have his IQ scores? I'm not being snarky; I'm sincerely curious. My children have never been tested for IQ. I've never been tested for IQ, as far as I know.[/quote]

We had a lot of complaints from his first grade teacher about him being disruptive in class. We had him checked for ADHD. An IQ test was part of that screening. The verdict from the psychologist was that is not ADHD but he is profoundly gifted. [/quote]

Another parent here of (tested and confirmed) profoundly gifted kid: it was our experience that the school's first assumption was ADHD. The school psychologist actually wrote to us in an email that she knew we were investigating other reasons for our kindergartener's behavioral problems, but she just couldn't think of anything else it could be other than ADHD. I find this infuriating because she has probably sent other families down the wrong road with her dedicated myopia - seeing only ADHD as the reason behind any and all impulsivity, distraction, etc.  we were fortunate to have a great K classroom teacher who told us to look in another direction (giftedness). Our result was same as yours PP: profoundly gifted. Not ADHD. [/quote]

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