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• Giftedness is an innate ability to both detect and comprehend the world in complex ways that differ significantly from age-expected norms, as defined by Dr. Jim Delisle in "Understanding Your Gifted Child from the Inside Out".
• Children who are gifted are defined as those who demonstrate an advanced ability or potential in one or more specific areas when compared to others of the same age, experience or environment.
• Gifted individuals excel in their ability to think, reason and judge, making it necessary for them to receive special educational services and support to be able to fully develop their potential and talents.
• Giftedness is a brain-based difference that contributes to our vibrant and neurodiverse world.
• Profoundly gifted students experience a different intellectual, academic, and social-emotional development trajectory than neurotypical individuals.
• Like most people, highly capable students are unique individuals with varied and multifaceted talents and interests.
• Some highly capable students demonstrate mastery in multiple areas while others excel in a single subject.
• Gifted identification often relies on a mix of gifted testing and more qualitative observations of gifted characteristics and behaviors.
• In many cases, tests are used to determine whether a child is gifted, often including intelligence quotient (IQ) tests such as the Stanford-Binet or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC).
• The majority of the population will fall within an IQ of 85 – 115.
• The mean, or average, IQ is 100.
• A gifted child’s IQ will fall within these ranges: Mildly gifted: 115 to 130; Moderately gifted: 130 to 145; Highly gifted: 145 to 160; Profoundly gifted: 160 or higher.