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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son got 99% on the COGAT but we weren't offered anything (and never have been).  I'm assuming this is because he's 2e (he's also [b]dyslexic[/b]) and no one knows how to deal with that in Arlington.  I've given up on asking about any gifted services for him, as it never goes anywhere and, regardless, is far from our biggest issue.[/quote]

have you tried special ed? can't imagine they couldn't be helpful[/quote]
If in your budget you should consider a local private.  Many are wonderful with 2e kiddos.  Also keep in mind that many kids with SN test artifically high on COGAT because they cannot get through enough of the test to show the full result.  That may be why APS is not contacting you to provide services.  That's not to say your kid is not smart, just that there may not be what is though to be a good assessment of that just yet.  If the SN are of the type that you can develop "out of them," try testing again after that point and see what happens.  Of course, in our similar experience, GT is not the best in APS anyway, which is why I mention private.[/quote]

I'm the poster the 2e child.  I get your point, but it doesn't happen to be our case.  As part of his IEP evaluation, the school had to do extensive testing.  We've seen on several different individual tests, given one on one by trained psychologists, that his IQ is in the upper extreme range.  But he's 10 and still can't reliably spell words like "homework".  We aren't fighting the fight, mostly because we don't want him pulled out of class for anything, but it would've been nice to have had his intelligence formally acknowledged and to have someone ask us.  He's had such self esteem issues related to the dyslexia, it would've been nice to be able to give him that little boost that says "see, you really ARE just as smart as little johnny and janie".

FWIW, my other son took the NNAT this year and scored at the 95th percentile.  Not high enough, I gather, for our school to recommend gifted services.[/quote]

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