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    This document discusses the challenges in identifying students who are profoundly gifted. It notes that these students may be overlooked if never given advanced material to demonstrate their abilities. Their gifts may present as learning disabilities if they are bored with grade-level work. Both informal signs like early milestones and formal testing are needed for accurate identification. An example case study illustrates how one student's profound gifts were initially missed but later confirmed with appropriate testing. The document concludes that ensuring educator awareness, advancing tests, and keeping psychologists updated could improve identification of these uniquely gifted learners.

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    This document discusses the challenges in identifying students who are profoundly gifted. It notes that these students may be overlooked if never given advanced material to demonstrate their abilities. Their gifts may present as learning disabilities if they are bored with grade-level work. Both informal signs like early milestones and formal testing are needed for accurate identification. An example case study illustrates how one student's profound gifts were initially missed but later confirmed with appropriate testing. The document concludes that ensuring educator awareness, advancing tests, and keeping psychologists updated could improve identification of these uniquely gifted learners.

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    This document discusses the challenges in identifying students who are profoundly gifted. It notes that these students may be overlooked if never given advanced material to demonstrate their abilities. Their gifts may present as learning disabilities if they are bored with grade-level work. Both informal signs like early milestones and formal testing are needed for accurate identification. An example case study illustrates how one student's profound gifts were initially missed but later confirmed with appropriate testing. The document concludes that ensuring educator awareness, advancing tests, and keeping psychologists updated could improve identification of these uniquely gifted learners.

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    This document discusses the challenges in identifying students who are profoundly gifted. It notes that these students may be overlooked if never given advanced material to demonstrate their abilities. Their gifts may present as learning disabilities if they are bored with grade-level work. Both informal signs like early milestones and formal testing are needed for accurate identification. An example case study illustrates how one student's profound gifts were initially missed but later confirmed with appropriate testing. The document concludes that ensuring educator awareness, advancing tests, and keeping psychologists updated could improve identification of these uniquely gifted learners.

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    The Profoundly

    Gifted

    By: Allocca,
    Johnson, Mack,
    Van de Cayzeele,
    & Wise

    Students who are profoundly gifted are likely to be invisible to teachers if they are never given material from the
    curriculum with which to demonstrate their speed of learning. Parents who attempt to inform the teacher of their
    childs advancement may be told that the child demonstrates none of it at school, and be disbelieved - particularly if
    the child is twice exceptional - even though research has found that parents are the best identifiers of giftedness in
    young children
    Few children will seek out opportunities on their own. Most will not, and will not have the facilities to do so
    (though many will pursue their interests outside the age-appropriate curriculum as far as the resources they have
    available will permit).
    If a child is capable of ripping through the curriculum on their own, but kept at the typical pace of the class,
    he/she may become alienated and disengaged.

    When the child learns extremely quickly, she may find it hard to pay attention when
    the teacher goes over and over the same concept and may miss instructions on a
    set task, leading to mistakes. These mistakes may make the teacher think that
    the child does not know how to do the task.

    Why they
    might be
    missed

    May be viewed as a learning disabled as he/she


    may exhibit some of the following behaviors
    Inability to comply with instructions (ideas are too big for task)
    Creativity with non-challenging tasks (doodles instead of accuracy)

    Challenges

    Lack of cooperation (unwillingness to complete low level


    tasks)
    I dont know (understanding/knowledge is beyond question
    cant answer)
    Lack of intellectual opportunities (both at school and at home)

    Lack of attentiveness (remedial tasks)

    Interest in blending in (alter their abilities on assessments)

    Assessment
    Informal
    &
    Formal

    Informal
    Reaches developmental milestones unusually
    early
    Extreme need for constant mental stimulation

    Ability to learn and process complex info


    rapidly
    Need to explore subjects in surprising depth

    Insatiable curiosity; endless questions


    Inability to concentrate on a low intellectual
    task or repetitious ideas

    Note:
    Our system does not have a
    clearly defined protocol for the
    identification of the Profoundly
    Gifted.

    Formal
    Once informal signs are noticed, intelligence testing
    would be the next step. Appropriate tests include:

    WISC-IV Extended Norms (Extended IQ scores)

    Stanford Binet 5
    Stanford Binet L-M
    **These tests have higher ceilings, include subtests
    (more accurate score), and are untimedfairer
    assessment for reflective children.

    Super Susie
    Susies parents are impressed by the speed at which Susie has developed and reached significant milestones, like sitting
    up, talking, & walking. She has mastered such concepts well ahead of her peers.
    As Susie enters elementary school, her parents try and advocate for her.
    After having Susie in their classrooms for a number of weeks and observing her, some teachers may not agree with the
    parents assessment of Susie.

    Example
    A Shakerag teacher though, recognizes that perhaps Susie is not being appropriately challenged and notices other
    indicators that leads him/her to believe that maybe Susie is gifted, so he/she recommends Susie for further screening.
    Susie qualifies for testing and is given a battery of tests. Susie is determined to be eligible for TAG. In fact, it is noticed
    that Susie tops out on the mental ability test given. Her diligent TAG teacher may choose to inform the parents of this
    and puts the ball in their court.
    Susies parents decide to have her privately tested (at their own expense) in order to get a more accurate picture of
    Susies ability and IQ. Susies IQ score comes back at a 197 and she is determined to be not just gifted but PROFOUNDLY
    GIFTED!

    Based on all of our research, a few changes could be


    made to the identification process that may benefit
    the Profoundly Gifted learner.
    Changes
    Ensure all educators are aware of how a profoundly
    gifted child may present.
    Advancements in test construction are critical.
    Educational psychologists need to keep themselves up to date
    with new extended scoring procedures released by the test
    writers from time to time and published on their websites, as
    well as methods of computing gifted indices.

    Assessment
    Informal
    &
    Formal

    Changes

    The
    Profoundly
    Gifted

    Challenges

    Example
    By: Allocca,
    Johnson, Mack,
    Van de Cayzeele,
    & Wise

    Why they
    might be
    missed

    By understanding
    each piece of the
    profoundly gifted
    puzzle, identifying
    the Profoundly
    gifted is no longer a
    mystery.

    Puzzled Solved!

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