{"id":7272,"date":"2012-10-11T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=7272"},"modified":"2012-10-19T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T21:42:20","slug":"profoundly-gifted-kids-bored-out-of-their-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/profoundly-gifted-kids-bored-out-of-their-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Profoundly Gifted Kids: Bored Out of Their Minds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Profoundly%20Gifted%20Kids%3A%20Bored%20Out%20of%20Their%20Minds%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/kids\/kids.computers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"205\" \/>Profoundly gifted children get no attention at their level of ability.\u00a0\u00a0They are ignored, expected to just be happy getting their easy A&#8217;s.\u00a0 These children need a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they are bored out of their minds by their teachers and tormented by their classmates for being\u00a0&#8220;different.&#8221; PG children are not protected as the disabled are.<\/p>\n<p>Gifted education is lumped in with special education.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Why doesn&#8217;t Wrightslaw address the needs of the under-served Profoundly Gifted population in schools?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Both of my children qualified for the &#8220;TAG&#8221; program, as well as being &#8220;2e.&#8221; I am well aware of the unique issues facing these children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our focus at Wrightslaw is special education law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By federal law, gifted education is NOT lumped in with special education.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/us.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">our mission statement<\/span><\/a> discussed on the webpage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/us.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/us.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It explains that at\u00a0Wrightslaw, our mission is to provide parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys with accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy so they can be effective catalysts.<\/p>\n<p>If you look at the federal law about special education, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">IDEA 2004<\/span><\/a>, you will see that gifted children are NOT included in the definition of a child with a disability. (20 USC 1401(3) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law<\/span><\/a>, 2nd Edition)<\/p>\n<p>Giftedness does not open the door to special education services and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/iep.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">IEP<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Statutes and Regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most states do have state statutes\u00a0related to giftedness and the &#8220;rights&#8221; (very few) of that student. Some states do put that portion of the law into their own special education statute.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes states provide these students with similar rights as the special education student, but those states are few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>Locate your own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">state&#8217;s special education regulations<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Carefully read the portion about the definition of a child with a disability. Learn whether your state is one of the states that provides these rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giftedness at Wrightslaw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Much of the information and advice contained in our newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/subscribe.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Special Ed Advocate<\/span><\/a>, is also beneficial for parents of &#8220;gifted&#8221; children.<\/p>\n<p>Google search for information about gifted children will provide you with links to hundreds of articles about kids who are gifted and kids who are gifted and also have a disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But first<\/strong> &#8211; go to the right side of every page on the Wrightlaw website and use our google search engine. Did you find any information on gifted children on the Wrightslaw website?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>enter the word \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0gifted \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 you will see links to 177 articles<\/li>\n<li>enter the word \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 talented \u00a0 \u00a0 you will see links to 64 articles<\/li>\n<li>enter the word \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 2e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 you will see over 1,000 links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/2e.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Twice Exceptional (2e)<\/span><\/a> topic page on Wrightslaw. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/2e.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/2e.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal Definition of Gifted &amp; Talented<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will find the federal definition of &#8220;gifted and talented&#8221; children at the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/2e.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw 2e page<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the articles, resources, book recommendations, free publications on this page focus on the needs of\u00a0&#8216;twice exceptional&#8217; (or 2e children) &#8211; kids who have disabilities and are also gifted.<\/p>\n<p>The US government defines &#8220;Gifted &amp; Talented&#8221; students as those&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.&#8221;\u00a020 U.S.C. Section 7801(22).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/nclb\/nclb.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind<\/span><\/a>, Title IX, Part A, (22). p. 526)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/nclb\/nclb.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/nclb\/nclb.htm<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>You will also find links to Guidance publications from the USDOE, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). One of these publications clarifies that although<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The IDEA is silent regarding &#8216;twice exceptional&#8217; or &#8216;gifted\u201d students&#8217;\u00a0it is the Department&#8217;s position that at children with &#8220;high cognition&#8221; who have disabilities are entitled to rights and protections under IDEA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As you know, the devil is in the details. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A child may have rights, but getting the school to provide an educational program that is tailored to that child&#8217;s unique needs is often very difficult.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also have posts about gifted children on the Wrightslaw Way Blog.\u00a0 Start with this one &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1982\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">How Can I Fight for a Gifted Child<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1982\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1982<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profoundly gifted children get no attention at their level of ability.\u00a0\u00a0They are ignored, expected to just be happy getting their easy A&#8217;s.\u00a0 These children need a challenge. Instead, they are <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/profoundly-gifted-kids-bored-out-of-their-minds\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1374],"tags":[480,1006],"class_list":["post-7272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gifted-2e","tag-gifted-and-talented","tag-profoundly-gifted"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7272"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8732,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7272\/revisions\/8732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}