What diagnostic instruments might be used to identify a learning disability when a child is also gifted?
This file includes information about the use of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to identify learning disabilities in gifted students. Services for children with learning disabilities are covered under P.L. 94-142 and IDEA. However, those Acts do not address giftedness, and there is no federal legislation that addresses the rights and responsibilities of children who are both gifted and disabled.Services provided to gifted children vary from state to state, and often vary among school districts within a state. For information on policies and regulations in your state, contact the person responsible for gifted education atyour state department of education(http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/fact/stateres.html) orthe gifted education advocacy group in your state(http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/fact/stateres.html).
This file includes information about the use of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to identify learning disabilities in gifted students. Services for children with learning disabilities are covered under P.L. 94-142 and IDEA. However, those Acts do not address giftedness, and there is no federal legislation that addresses the rights and responsibilities of children who are both gifted and disabled. Services provided to gifted children vary from state to state, and often vary among school districts within a state. For information on policies and regulations in your state, contact the person responsible for gifted education at your state department of education (http://ericec.org/fact/stateres.html) or the gifted education advocacy group in your state (http://ericec.org/fact/stateres.html).
