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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP - I had a somewhat similar child where it just ended up being gifted plus youngest in grade. Not ADHD or Autism. I think most important is a school that will give him time to grow into the school setting before a rush to evaluations and categorization. Some private schools are very focused on this for two reasons: 1) Everyone red shirts so if you don't, your child may look artificially behind with some behaviors or abilities. 2) Many of these programs are successful because they choose classes where there is a lot of cohesion. No asynchronous learners - just easy kids, everyone learning at one level. They know they hold the power to counsel out kids who are in any way outliers - and the first step is often pushing for evaluation and supports so they can outsource learning outside the median.  
What's worked for us is a school with a lot of ability-based learning groups for things like reading, math, etc. And also a bilingual school - the second language fulfills a lot of the need for challenge. We also do a lot of supplementary learning at home at child's request. 
So I would focus less on which school will challenge enough and more which school won't pathologize too early. [/quote]

This is excellent advice. [/quote]

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