Definitions:
Gifted
According to the Ohio Department of Education, "gifted" means students who perform or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment compared to others of their age, experience, or environment.
Superior Cognitive Ability - Child has general intellectual ability that is consistently superior to that of other children in the school...to the extent that s/he needs and can profit from specially planned educational services beyond those normally provided by the standard school curriculum.
Specific Academic Ability - Child has an aptitude in a specific subject area that is consistently superior to the aptitudes of other children in the school...to the extent that s/he needs and can profit from specially planned educational services beyond those normally provided by the standard school curriculum. Ohio law specifies reading and/or writing, math, science, and social studies, as specific academic areas.
Creative Thinking Child consistently engages in divergent thinking that results in unconventional responses to conventional tasks...to the extent that s/he needs and can profit from specially planned educational services beyond those normally provided by the standard school curriculum.
Visual and Performing Arts Child demonstrates consistently outstanding aesthetic production in graphic arts, sculpture, music, theatre or dance...to the extent that s/he needs and can profit from specially planned educational services beyond those normally provided by the standard school curriculum. Some artistically gifted students learn best through the arts.
Twice Exceptional (2E) Twice Exceptional learners are those who are identified with more than one educational difference. Usually, it refers to a child who has been identified as gifted and who also has a disability. These students need support for both of their differences to truly thrive.
