[quote=mnmom23]
Last time I looked into it (in most states) there is no separate gifted "certification." Generally giftedness is included as an afterthought when receiving Special Education credentialing. We spent one day on giftedness when I received my credential.
We spent only three hours on it in my program (the saving grace was the fact that the instructor has three gifted kids of her own so she has legitimate knowledge and perspective). Still... three hours was not nearly enough to even begin to cover the complexities of these kids' needs.
There seem to be two main kinds of GT programmes in schools;
1/ Reward for high achievers - mostly well behaved bright to MG girls.
2/ Holding cell for clever kids no one can be bothered with. Mostly boys.
(lol) Yup
It seems to me IQ should be the only admittance criterion for entry to gifted programming.
The only problem with this is that the 2e kids whose scores might be suppressed and miss cutoffs.
