Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Identifying Gifted Students Who are Special Ed. Mr. Tyson has just become the gifted program coordinator. He is aware that students are pre-screened by their classroom teachers and recommended to him for further screening. Mr. Tyson has created a gifted characteristics spreadsheet for the teachers to use to identify gifted characteristics in the classroom. Many teachers are convinced that because they are working with students who are classified special ed, they could not be considered gifted or twice exceptional. What can Mr. Tyson do to help break those stereotypes that don't allow students to be properly identified as gifted. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I have a student in my classroom who is both gifted and autistic. It wad difficult for me to understand at first, but after working with the student I noticed areas where his giftedness stood out. It was helpful for me to actually work with this child in order to understand how children can be twice exceptional. I suggest that Mr. Tyson actually provide teachers with examples of how students can be classified both special ed. and gifted. Maybe if the actually see examples it will be easier for them to identify these students in their own classrooms.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: It's great that you were able to learn something new through teaching a gifted and autistic student. I think you could be an advocate at your school and use your student as an example. Rated On: February 26, 2015 10:00 pm Rated By: BeMyDu