Identification of Gifted

Giftedness is...

Superior intellectual development as measured by an intelligence quotient of two (2) standard deviations or more above the mean on an individually administered standardized test of intelligence.

- Florida Administrative Code: 6A-6.03019

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Giftedness is...

Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.

- Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Giftedness is...

Gifted individuals are those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude (defined as an exceptional ability to reason and learn) or competence (documented performance or achievement in top 10% or rarer) in one or more domains. Domains include any structured area of activity with its own symbol system (e.g., mathematics, music, language) and/or set of sensorimotor skills (e.g., painting, dance, sports).

- NAGC: What is Giftedness?

Giftedness is...

Giftedness is asynchronous development in which advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity combine to create inner experiences and awareness that are qualitatively different from the norm.

This asynchrony increases with higher intellectual capacity. The uniqueness of the gifted renders them particular vulnerable and requires modifications in parenting, teaching and counselling in order for them to develop optimally.

- Columbus Group

Giftedness is...

Gifted behavior occurs when there is an interaction among three basic clusters of human traits: above-average general and/or specific abilities, high levels of task commitment (motivation), and high levels of creativity. Gifted and talented children are those who possess or are capable of developing this composite of traits and applying them to any potentially valuable area of human performance.

- The Three Ring Conception of Giftedness

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Giftedness is...

Best LearnedThrough Examples

Misdiagnosis: ADHDDisinterest

Begins Projects, Finishes Few

Carelessness

Questions Rules

Interrupts With Thoughts

Sense Lags Intellect

Consistent Performance

High Levels of Activity

Distracted

Leaps Between Tasks

Carelessness

Forgets Rules

Interrupts With Tangent

Lack of Awareness

Inconsistent Performance

High Levels of Activity

V.

Misdiagnosis: ODD

V.

Acts Despite Rules

Questions Authority

Argumentative

Willingness to Reason

Argues from Personal Logic

Increasingly Argumentative

Acts Despite rules

Questions Authority

Argumentative

Unwilling to Reason

Argues for Task Avoidance

Increasingly Frustrated

Misdiagnosis: OCPDHighly Organized

Preoccupation with Organizational Structure

Ritualistic

Preoccupation with Same Details

Content is Ignored

Anxiety Over Change

Highly Organized

Preoccupation with Organizational Structure

Unwilling to Start Novel Tasks

Preoccupation with Minor Details

“Paralysis of Analysis”

Opposition to Change

V.

Enrichment, Extension & Acceleration

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