I do not want to hijack another thread about gifted kids as CHIPS.
Thanks for this new thread!
The
chips thread had run its course.
Genius Spectrum kids or "GS kids" instead of gifted kids. It sounds a lot like ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) but I wouldn't put D in there because Genius Spectrum is not a disorder...
I appreciate a spectrum approach. Some may say it presents more easily understood (and more palatable) wording for the scale of
gifted-highly-expectionaly-profoundly .
On the other hand, some may find the word "Genius" to be as controversial as "gifted", if not more so.
... moderate, high, exceptional and profound according to their IQ scores. Or we may add mild and 2E.
As the second (or third...) exceptionality does not lower the IQ score*, these individuals would automatically be included according to their IQ.
* When Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) is believed to be impacted by a low working memory and/or slow processing, a General Ability Index (GAI) is calculated.
