Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted, Level Three)

Level Three (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted) children and their parents generally had considerable difficulty finding a good school fit.

As mentioned in earlier posts,[i],[ii] the school options families have available to them play a role in how good the eventual “fit” is for the Level Three student. Level Three children and adults are Exceptionally gifted. One might think that school personnel would notice the advanced abilities of the students and help to adjust the material and pacing for them. As readers will see, that is often not the case in the early grade levels.

The asterisk * in the above table indicates that the student does not take advantage of an Excellent environment. These kinds of social aspects are covered in the full book.

There are 13 Level Three gifted people from the my original[iii] 5 Levels book.

At Level Three, the first four years of school, kindergarten through 3rd grade, are generally problematic. At this ability Level, the School Type is not as certain a solution as it is for Levels One and Two learners. This means that if Level…