Supporting Gifted Education

Identification & Assessment

GiftEd

Effective and early identification of gifted students is critical —both for ensuring that students’ particular needs are met, and for effective planning of class and curriculum structures.

Identification of gifted students is a complex task. It should occur as early as possible. Some students giftedness may emerge at a later stage so identification procedures should be repeated at regular intervals. GiftEd can assist you in ‘casting a wide net’ to identify as many of your gifted school population as possible, using a range of identification and assessment tools and strategies.

Services include:

· Establishment of a multiple criteria model of identification procedures

· Conducting specific identification and assessment tasks, including;

· Standardised achievement tests  (Ravens Progressive Matrices)

· Screening tests (Slosson)

· Checklists,

· Peer, self and parent nomination forms,

· Over-excitability/Intensity Identification (Dabrowski),

· Teacher Observation Scales.

· Learning preference surveys

· Collation of data  and result analysis

· Recommendations for interventions and programming provisions

· Providing advisory services to parents on gifted identification and behaviours.