To be identified as gifted within the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, a student must score at or above the 98^th percentile on the Full Scale IQ (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition or Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition), or at or above the 98^th percentile on the Overall IQ (Stanford-Binet-4^th Edition)  They may be identified at any age and in any grade.

Characteristics of students with gifted intellectual ability may include:

·       A student’s giftedness is not always apparent in regular curriculum areas and is not always demonstrated in the achievement of high grades

·       Student may display an unusually advanced degree of general intellectual ability.

·       Student may have an unusually strong aptitude in a particular area.

·       These students require differentiated programming and learning experiences of a depth and breadth beyond those normally provided in the program in the regular classroom, to satisfy the level of educational potential indicated.

This identification should be supported with an assessment by a psychologist, psychological associate or psychoeducational consultant (under supervision).

Some students with gifted intellectual ability may have an additional execeptionality such as a learning disability or a physical disability.  The cumulative amount of all services required may be used in determining the intensity of support that is required.

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Association for Bright Children

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/gifted/

Association for Bright Children, Peel Chapter

http://www.abcpeel.org

International Schools for Bright & Gifted Children, King’s College School

http://www.kingscollegeschool.ca

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, Psychology Department

http://dpcdsb.org/psych/

Roeper Review

http://www. roeperreview.org/

Kids Source

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/ed.gifted.html

MENSA

http://www.mensa.org/