I can write a list
of gifted characteristics, explain the different definitions of the term «gifted,» and even provide ways for you to tell if your child is gifted.
They can look at lists
of gifted characteristics and if their child doesn't have all the traits listed, they think their child must not be gifted.
This could involve using a pre-made checklist
of gifted characteristics, which the preservice teachers could complete while in classrooms.
A common characteristic of gifted kids, they ask a lot of questions, can be seen as
a gifted characteristic, or an AD / HD characteristic, depending on the perspective of the person completing the survey.
They may be ill - equipped to deal with these additional challenges coupled with a student's
gifted characteristics (VanTassel - Baska & Stambaugh, 2005).
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I serve students preschool through college age who are struggling with issues such as learning academic material, having difficulty with attention or other executive function skills, suspected of having a learning or emotional disability, in need of a more specific intervention plan, suspected of having
gifted characteristics, struggling with chronic medical conditions such as traumatic brain injury, and those in need of testing accommodations.»