Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Exceptionally to Profoundly Gifted, Level Four)

No. Not generally, and virtually never for the Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted.

Level Four children and their parents in my longitudinal study[1] generally had considerable difficulty finding a good school fit. Ever. As mentioned in earlier posts,[2],[3],[4] the school options families have available to them play a role in how good the eventual “fit” is for the Level Four student. Level Four children and adults are Exceptionally to Profoundly 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.

Level Four Gifted Score Range and Early Milestones:

Keep in mind that the Levels are my rubric for helping to describe the ways gifted children differ from each other and what their differing needs requires. IQ scores are but one means of evaluating children’s abilities.

· They score primarily 99th percentile on standardized tests, although this understates the person’s ability; it is qualitatively different from a Level Three 99th percentile, for example.