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CONSIDERATION IN
IDENTIFYING
GIFTEDNESS
Subject : GIFTED AND TALENTED LEARNERS Submit by : CORTEZ, ROSELLE
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TWICE-EXCEPTIONAL
CONSIDERATION
• Twice-exceptional children (2E)
exhibit exceptional abilities and
learning differences or disabilities,
creating a complex learning profile.
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• This unique combination can lead to masking,


where their strengths compensate for
challenges, challenges overshadow talents, or
both mask their true abilities.
• Testing 2E children is challenging as no single
test can definitively identify their abilities.
• IQ tests, vision tests, and qualitative
assessments from teachers and parents are
important in understanding the whole child.
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MINORITY
• Gifted and 2E children from all
BACKGROUND backgrounds are underrepresented
in gifted programs, particularly those

CONSIDERATION from minority and low-income


backgrounds.

• Educators may not be trained to


identify gifted characteristics in
these students, leading to fewer
nominations for testing.
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• Parents often have to advocate for • Even if children from minority


their children, but may not be aware backgrounds are nominated for
of options like Talent Search gifted assessment, they may face
programs. challenges due to the design of the
assessments.

• Differences in cultural and linguistic • To address these issues, it is


backgrounds can impact a child's suggested to make a challenging
performance, as well as disparities in curriculum accessible to all students,
test preparation opportunities. provide universal screening, and
offer diverse options for
identification such as non-verbal
tests.
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MISSED- OR MIS-DIAGNOSIS
CONSIDERATIONS
• Parents may feel that
assessment results do not
match their child, leading to
misdiagnoses in gifted children
due to professionals lacking
training on their
characteristics.
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• The unique cognitive, social, and emotional


profile of gifted and 2E children may lead to
missed diagnoses when their strengths and
difficulties mask each other.
• Behavioral characteristics in gifted students may
be mistaken for other diagnoses, resulting in
misdiagnoses.
• Masking can also hide giftedness, leading to
professionals overlooking the strengths and
challenges in these children.
GENDER-BASED LEARNING
CONSIDERATION
• Research has shown • Boys tend to have a • Girls, on the other hand,
that children's brains larger area associated have a greater capacity
function similarly with spatial-mechanical for communication
regardless of gender, function, leading to a between brain
but societal influences desire to move items hemispheres and
can prevent gifted through space. stronger neural
students from showing connectors, resulting in
their true potential. stronger memory and
listening skills.

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THANK YOU

Subject : GIFTED AND TALENTED LEARNERS Submit by : CORTEZ, ROSELLE

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