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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You take some steps back and try to accept your kid for who she or he is and enjoy your child and do what is best for your child NOT

your EGO. You get some perspective. You understand a kid can be bright, but may be better suited for General ed than AAP. You get over yourself.[/quote]

That's only if you think the folks in charge of AAP admissions are actually competent enough to identify all kids correctly without even meeting them. Which I don't believe they are. And based on my son's WISC score and GBRS, I know he belongs.[/quote]

+1. I'm trusting a psychologist who met my child over a committee of public school employees who have not. [/quote]

Why exactly would a psychologist be particularly well suited to determining whether a kid was considered gifted?

Also, is this a psychologist you were paying and who knew you were seeking an opinion on giftedness?  Given that factors a psychologist would "assess" are quite fuzzy, I could certainly see how bias creeps into the "analysis."[/quote]

A psychologist is more suited because 1. they give an actual IQ test vs an aptitude test 2. they're trained to do so 3. it's 1:1 vs a group test which can scew unfavorably for gifted children and 4. they're objective. That your paying them doesn't matter they care more about their license than your kids. And it's not as if its a repeat use so them given you a false high score gets them nowhere, it's not like you will come back for more. Plenty of people pay them seeking an opinion on giftedness and get a "not gifted" or <130 score. There is nothing fuzzy about a WISC or SB so I have no idea what you think creeps into the analysis.

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