Question about Gifted Testing

January 30, 2009

My 10 year old (5th grade) ds is 2E. He has aspergers, bipolar

disorder and a seizure disorder but he tested in 2nd grade in another

state as highly gifted, before we had any dx. He has really struggled

with depression and his self-esteem is terrible, so we haven't had him

tested in his new school, mainly because we didn't want to put any

more pressure on him.

My question is regarding the testing for the GT program. My son has

an IEP with his primary accommodation being extra time for class

assignments and tests. The GT tests are timed so we are concerned

that he would not pass for that reason. However, we believe it would

help his self-esteem greatly if he could be in the gifted program.

Does anyone know if his IEP accommodations would also apply to the GT

testing? i.e. Does he have a right to extra time on the GT tests as well?

Thanks for any help you can offer. This group is wonderful and I have

learned so much already from all of you.

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