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Great post!  I wonder if the Committee thinks DD has ADD/ADHD since there is a 25+ point spread in the scores--DD has a 32 point difference.  I've read on the internet that this doesn't mean the child has ADD/ADHD, just a "red flag."  Maybe the Committee views it the same way?[/quote]

Is ADD really a reason to keep a child out of the program?  Although she is only in second grade, I am just waiting for someone to suggest that my DD has ADD.  She gets great grades, but her biggest problem is that she has a hard time finishing work in class on her own.  She gets easily distracted and will just start day dreaming when she should be working.  You know the joke about the ADD person talking and then interrupting themselves to say, 'Oh look!  A shiny thing!'  Yeah, that is totally my girl.  As I said, she makes O's in all of her areas of study, but she has solid N's in "using time wisely' and 'finishing assignments in class' (or however that is worded).  I would imagine that the committee, if they bothered to look at her report card, would notice that.  I will say that none of it reflected in her test scores.  I can't remember what they were, but they were not spread out.  That being said, she might have had a perfect score on one part if she hadn't started daydreaming and missed answering a couple of questions completely!  We didn't submit any other information with the packet.  As a matter of fact, I completely forgot to even turn in the Parent Questionaire (Yes, I know that was silly) and she still got in.  It is possible that her teacher didn't mention her fondness for the wandering mind as she seems to think it has more to do with her being bored than being ADD.

Anyway, from what I have read, it is not uncommon for kids with a wide range of 'issues' to be considered GT, so I'm not sure why AAD would make a difference.  This isn't a knock on the post that I quoted, but I am genuinely interested in why ADD would matter more than any other issue.

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