Schools and districts sometimes use these brief measures as the only evaluation, resulting in an incomplete
assessment of the gifted children.
She has worked for GDC as an Associate since 1997 providing
assessments of gifted children and young adults.
Not exact matches
Many are the parents
of intellectually
gifted children who find themselves confronted with screening results which do not match their own
assessments of their
children.
As the numbers
of students scoring in the very high ranges
of APTS were, naturally, significantly smaller than those scoring in the mid and low ranges, the sample size was expanded by the inclusion
of highly
gifted students who had been tested at GERRIC's clinic, which specializes in the
assessment of intellectually
gifted children and adolescents.
In addition to obtaining basic information about the characteristics
of highly
gifted children, parents often ask questions about
assessment, school placement, and sibling and family development.
She co-chairs with Dan Peters the National Association for
Gifted Children's Assessments of Giftedness Special Interest Group (SIG), formerly the Assessment Task Force, which researched the WISC - IV and suggested best practices for its use for gifted identific
Gifted Children's
Assessments of Giftedness Special Interest Group (SIG), formerly the Assessment Task Force, which researched the WISC - IV and suggested best practices for its use for
gifted identific
gifted identification.
The results
of such an
assessment can help to identify learning disabilities so that instructors can provide remediation; or to identify giftedness and academic potential so that instructors can provide enriched learning experiences designed to develop a
child's
gifts and talents.
An
assessment of needs, however, revealed that only 143 LEP
children were participating in
gifted programs, despite the fact that minority language students represent 16.17 % (96,674)
of the school - age population.
A
gifted assessment can be conducted with
children 5 years
of age and older.
We specialize in psychoeducational
assessments, including the
assessment of ADHD, learning disorders, intellectual disabilities,
gifted / talented
children, and accommodations on high - stakes tests (e.g., MCAT, LSAT).
Based on the results
of the
gifted assessment, the school board can decide to place a
child in a specialized
gifted program designed for intellectually - advanced students or to meet the
child's needs through regular classroom placement augmented with a specialized
gifted curriculum.