My DS in P5 is doing great academically (especially maths and music) but has struggled with bullying, friendships, behavioural issues etc. He has been very unhappy for much of his school life, although he has a nice young male teacher this year which is helping. I've had meetings with successive teachers, the head, the SENCO teacher, and asked if he needs to be assessed for ADHD, Aspergers etc. and they've all said no - he's basically just a handful! The more I read about it the more I think he may be on the gifted side - he has all the traits - intolerant of other children, incredibly intense about whatever he's interested in (eg. won't read, but when he finds a book he likes he'll read the whole series in a week), always asking questions, dreadful handwriting, bored stiff by most of school. The school say that he's not achieving exceptional enough marks for them to class him as G&T, but I think he is underachieving because he is so frustrated and unhappy. Can I get him assessed privately? Or is there some test he could take so that at least I'll know if I'm on the right track - before I start pushing the matter and making a fool of myself?!
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lowmaintenance · 02/05/2012 13:12
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