How do we rethink the way we provide instruction in an inclusive classroom setting?

Is it possible for one teacher to meet the special needs of all children?

What special training is needed to meet the needs of all children?

Why do special populations of very young gifted students need special considerations for identification, programming, and curricular modifications?

List and describe the characteristics of young gifted students.

Discuss the importance of early identification of the young gifted student.

Describe appropriate interventions for young gifted students.

Understand the difference between the deficit and growth paradigm models.

Understand the need for student-centered educational practices that meet the individual needs of all gifted students.

Recognize the need for collaboration with general education, special education, and gifted education in order to meet the needs of all gifted learners.

Use the Lesson Modification for Special Populations to demonstrate how you would make modifications to your instruction in order to meet the needs of four different types of special populations of gifted students.

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Diverse Populations of Gifted Children
Chapter 8 p. 124-134
Chapter 11 p. 168-173

Small Poppies: Highly Gifted Children in the Early Years by Miraca U.M. Gross

To Be Young, Gifted and Black lyrics

Meeting the Needs of gifted Students: Differentiating Mathematics and Science Instructioncreated by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory