Resources for Students Who Are Highly or Profoundly Gifted

Resources for Students Who Are Highly or Profoundly Gifted
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD)

Highly and profoundly gifted students are children whose needs are so far beyond "typical" gifted that they require extraordinary resources. When tested with a Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), their scores range from 145 to 159 for highly gifted and above 160 for profoundly gifted. In those ranges, these children are as different in intellectual abilities from gifted children (usually 130 to 144) as gifted are from a typical regular education population. IQ scores do not tell the whole story; however, they are a useful indicator of individual differences, particularly when used to inform instruction.

The following resources may be useful for all bright children but are likely to be essential for highly or profoundly gifted children.

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