How do I find out if DD (6) is G&T ?

[Feelingforty]

My DD1 is 6.5 & literally hits the floor running & has done since a baby. I've read the threads on here & ticked the boxes asking if certain things apply. Most of them do.
She bombards me with questions, talks non-stops, very determind. Dd2 is 'normal'. I am exhausted by DD1 (hence me searching). She is very well behaved at school, works well etc. Her reading progress was initially slow, but she seems to have grasped it now & she is working through the books. She always has a pen in her hand, writing, drawing.

I am wondering if I am trying to find an answer, because I thought the school might have picked up on her if she was G&T ? BUT I have just found out that her english teacher isn't aware she is left handed (gives her the right handed paper for spellings, whereas a friend in a difference class has the lefthanded paper) .

Can someone advise & or point me in the right direction please ?

[Feelingforty]

Flightattendant - thanks, that's also very helpful. Great news that it has helped you & DS, am hoping to find something similar. I will google WRIT to see what I can find. I know what you mean about the manual

[Flightattendant]

Sometimes kids who are very intelligent don't perform well in school literacy and have trouble with reading/writing...ds is certainlt forging ahead with this now, but last year it was very much 'he is below range' 'he has a lot of catching up to do' etc etc
very demoralising and he has a negative opinion of himself due partly to this I think.

He was always far far ahead with everything verbal, so we knew he was a bright thing but shcool really seemed to ignore his potential and concentrated on the things he wasn't much cop at.
Frustrating for a parent and the child of course. I'm so glad we had the assessment. Feel like going in and shouting at the teachers 'Look! I told you he was clever!!'

but shall resist.

[Flightattendant]

FF it's on some of the dyslexia assessment sites, that's how I found out what it costs...the lady we saw is dyslexia specialist. Your school may well have details of someone local, ours knew of her as several of the kids go to her in school hours for one to one.

Other tests are more expensive I think but this is a good general guide imo.

[Flightattendant]

sorry not the test itself on the sites, just it's listed as an option with fee

It needs doing by a qualified person, it's timed and so on in places. Wide Ranging Intelligence Test.

[mistlethrush]

Ds ticks most of the boxes on the list too - although not yet with the reading - he is only 4.5 though, and I specifically didn't teach him to read as it got me into so much trouble being able to read by the time I got to school....

Flight - I was diagnosed as mildly dyslexic at about 15 - school hadn't picked up on it, my mother took me to see a friend who was an educational psychologist to find out why I got such low marks in French compared to everything else... I was being marked on written work/tests and couldn't write a sentence without at least 1 mistake so had lots of marks taken off....

[Feelingforty]

Overthemill, it's so frustrating having to push all the time. I'm glad you resoved it at all. And absolutely right with knowing the right support to give.

Romanarama, thanks - I am very chatty & can talk, BUT DD1 has a habit of turning things round, which results in her talking AT me & generally I don't get a word in edgeways ! DD2 fortunately allows me to answer questions, DD1 questions my answers. I am applying her energy to outdoor pursuits at the moment, she does puzzle books with DH & reading with me every night too.

Dundermifflin, didn't you want your DD to have extra lessons ?

I agree with the reading - I am wondering if she is G&T, if this has been overlooked by the reading. We made great progress with different books & now she is racing through them. It's a failing of the school, from what I have read, to base this on reading.

[smee]

FF it's up to the school to set criteria and they don't always tell the parents anyway. DS is in YR1 and is on the register, but I only happen to know because I saw a list by accident. Then talking to DS I realised he was being taken out of class once a week. It's a two class intake, so 6 kids from his year and 6 from yr2 join up. The other two from his class are v. obviously gifted academically, but DS can't read v.well at all yet - he's getting there, but I'd guess is average, certainly nothing more. He is v.articulate and right through from nursery we've had comments about his imagination and inventiveness, so am guessing that's why he's been chosen. G&T hasn't been mentioned to us or to the kids though - seems v. sensible to me tbh and am glad he genuinely hasn't a clue.

[smee]

FF, should have added that from what I've seen of my son's classmates, several others could have been chosen instead of DS, as many of them are bright and plenty are sparky. It does seem a bit random imo.