Yeah, ed psychs are very expensive. I would ring the school and preschool and see what they actually want in terms of assessment. Across different organisations, it can range from wanting a full ed psych evaluation through to a reference from a daycare/kindy or even a parent referral. You need to clarify with them what they are wanting.
I am in NZ so not entirely sure on the Aus system but there should be a forum for gifted kids for your state and I am sure there will be people on there that know what the deal is.
I just wanted to add that if she is starting to write letters, find out how the school in your area teaches the letter formation and show her that way. Because DS completely taught himself to write the letters from what he saw, he forms them in a very round about way e.g. t's and l's start at the bottom. Initially you think that a letter is a letter no matter how you write it, but it turns out that for writing quickly in link/cursive later on you need to form them in a way so that they can flow. DS's teachers have been trying all year to retrain him but it is very ingrained and they have had almost no success lol.
You could get the assessment at a university service, they use psych students so it is a bit cheaper.
The krongold centre at Monash Clayton, or Swinburne uni also has a clinic.
It it really needs to be an exceptional child for the ed department in victoria to accept early entry, and try to be reassured that if she's not assessed as gifted, the teachers are still expected to modify and stretch the curriculum to provide it at an apprproately challenging level.
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