Childhood disorders can be difficult to diagnosis because children are not able to clearly describe their symptoms like adults. A child psychiatrist provides an extensive psychiatric evaluation that includes diagnostic testing to identify and verify developmental disabilities like learning disabilities, autism, Rhett’s, Attention Deficit, Asperger’s, or retardation.
School aged children & adolescents are eligible for the Gifted Education Program in Palm Beach County schools, if they have demonstrated by evidence of a majority of characteristics of gifted students as scored on a District Checklist; and have a score of 90th percentile or higher on either the math or reading portion of an individually administered achievement test; and
A score of 130 or higher on an individually administered Intelligence Quotient Test.