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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here...nutshell history is,

- issues started on and off in a private prek. We did childfind eval and they naturally said all was wonderful. By Feb. 2016 we were on verge of being kicked out and we called childfind again and they agreed to revisit, came out and observed her 4/2016, then had IEP/PEP meeting with them and the "home elementary school" special ed teacher 5/2016. In May we also started ritalin. Moderate improvement.

- Issues on and off through the fall, some dosage tweaks etc., issues accelerated after Thanksgiving. Major incident in early January that unnerved us. Her therapist suggested psych testing, and we had intake on that at tail end of January. Pricey but felt we needed to do it. Got report a couple days before spring break, and yep gave it to the school. No real response to it yet.

- Testing was WISC-IV. Full scale IQ was 137. Verbal was lower than fluid reasoning, is that the same as percetual?

I probably missed some questions. I don't know boredom is causing the behaviors, that was just me speculating. None of the increasing array of medical professionals has indicated as such[/quote]

137 is not "highly gifted".  It's in the moderately gifted range.  [/quote]

Look, I think OP's emphasis on her child being "gifted" is all wrong and she's doing her child no favors by being this way but 137 is highly gifted according to some scales. If you want to be absolutely literal about it it would depend on the test her child was given but seriously who cares?

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/highly_profoundly.htm

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Her kid is not acting out because she has a high IQ and is "bored" in K.   End of discussion about IQ.[/quote]

Why are you being so insistent about this?  Everything is inter-related.  A high IQ could absolutely exacerbate the behaviors related to other challenges (like anxiety, ADHD, ASD traits/social skills deficits.)  Boredom and a poor classroom environment on top of all of that is practically a recipe for misbehavior.  OP was never trying to claim that all of her kid's challenges are due to her IQ.  [/quote]

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