A plea: Serving young gifted children

Abstract

This paper focuses on four areas related to serving young gifted children: 1#cp the status of gifted education for the young, 2#cp rationale for early identification and programming, 3#cp barriers that inhibit our identifying and programming for young children, and 4#cp examples of exemplary gifted programs. The article concludes that a great deal more needs to be done for young gifted children.