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[b]What a bunch of jealous suspicious types on here.[/b]

[b]My children are similar to yours and are lucky to be in a gifted program in this area.[/b]
Be aware that testing several grades ahead does not necessarily mean that your child could do the whole curriculum for that upper grade. My son was reading at a 12th grade level since mid-elementary, but that did not mean he could have been parachuted in a 12th grade literature class at 9 years old!

OP, do you know whether your child's school could accommodate this by either letting him or her work on his own during class, or sending him (for math) to a different grade?

Alternatively, you can explore private school options which might be more accommodating, through smaller class sizes, or think about homeschooling your child.

The first thing you can do, however, is further investigate your child's abilities by doing a full neuropsychological evaluation.

Good luck - it's tough but exciting to have such a child![/quote]

NP here.
I haven't read any overly critical/snarky comments before mine, most were helpful & a few others were more on the inquisitive side of how the OP came to her conclusion about her child's percentile, tiredness, etc.

However, YOUR post says everything about YOU & how YOU perceived them.  It's clear that you are hyper sensitive & believe you are being judged by others when it comes to your own brilliant child. [/quote]

PP you were responding to. I was not the only one to remark on how resistant some first posters were about OP's situation, but i believe I can return the compliment, since you are seem quite aggressive yourself :-)

My son has special needs AND is gifted, which believe me is incredibly more painful and complicated than merely gifted. He has struggled on both sides of the norm. My daughter is very advanced, similar to OP's child, and it's much simpler to deal with only one type of "unusual".

I can safely say I know a lot more about this than you, and can assure you that none of it is easy, especially when people like you come along and think we're just being obnoxiously proud of our "brilliant" children. If only it was just that!
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