Not easily identified - disability can mask giftedness & vice versa.

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Education staff not trained on how to scaffold challenges.

 

Child not struggling enough for support.

 

Child not high performing enough for gifted program.

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Parenting

Engage in power struggles even for the simplest requests.

 

Frequently emotionally dysregulated Distracted easily Self-Critical Seek/avoid sensory input.

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Child

Demonstrates beyond age abilities.

 

Extensive vocabulary.

 

Notices details in the world around him.

 

Constantly asking questions.

 

Picks up on others emotions.

 

School

Focus on behaviour not child’s intellectual ability & react to child in a negative way.

 

Describe child as hyper/lazy