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School Psychological Practice with Gifted Students

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This chapter provides an overview of gifted youth and giftedness in schools in Australia. After a brief discussion of Gagné’s Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent, which is the most commonly adopted model of giftedness across the various education sectors in Australia, we review general community attitudes towards giftedness and gifted education, and a brief history of gifted education in Australia. Thereafter, multiple instruments that are available to identify and assess gifted students (i.e., IQ tests, achievement tests, nominations, and culturally sensitive instruments) are presented, followed by details on the available accommodation options (e.g., curriculum differentiation, ability grouping, acceleration, enrichment activities, and independent learning), including accommodation options for those from remote areas and Indigenous backgrounds. We then discuss the educational and socio-emotional development of gifted students. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the major ethical and legal issues that may be salient in dealing with gifted youth in schools, and possible directions for future research and practice.

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  1. School of Education, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Jae Yup Jung Ph.D.

  2. Graduate School of Education, University of California Berkeley, 4427 Tolman Hall, #1670, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1670, USA

    Frank C. Worrell Ph.D.

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Jung, J.Y., Worrell, F.C. (2017). School Psychological Practice with Gifted Students. In: Thielking, M., Terjesen, M. (eds) Handbook of Australian School Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45166-4_29

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