Why Consider Whole-Grade Acceleration?
When a gifted child excels in math, art, music, or literature, parents and teachers can work as a team to ensure he or she is challenged in that particular subject area. Common methods include in-class differentiation, single subject pullout, online distance learning, public school gifted programs, and enrichment opportunities through private classes and summer camps designed for gifted youth. Occasionally, parents and teachers run across a profoundly gifted and talented student whose achievement is above grade-level across the board. Sometimes this child is twice exceptional, with deficits in social and emotional skills. Other times the gifted child belies this stereotype and fits in quite well. In either case, academically challenging a profoundly gifted student presents unique problems necessitating flexible education solutions. Your child may be lucky enough to live in a public school district with a self-contained full-time gifted program, but these are rare. Maybe you can afford
