Kansas Special Education Services Process Handbook​​

Kansas Special Education Services Process Handbook access by Chapter

Kansas Technical Assistance System Network Gifted: Services Handout

Overview of Kansas State Policies  National Association for Gifted Children

Parent Rights in Special Education

Receiving Gifted Services in Kansas:  Statures & Regulations

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About Gifted.....

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• All children have the right to progress at an academically appropriate level of challenge.
  
• Kansas is one of a few states that provides a mandate to identify and provide services to gifted children in Kindergarten through 12th grade under the umbrella of special education.
  
• ​Without proper identification and appropriate services gifted children are at a great risk for failing to meet their potential.
  
• Gifted education is not about status, it is about meeting student needs.
  
• Advanced learners are found in all cultures, ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic groups.
  
• Gifted learners also have learning and physical disabilities.  These "twice-exceptional" students often go undetected in regular classrooms, because their disability and gifts mask each other; making them appear "average."
  
• Most gifted learners spend over 80% of their school day in the regular classroom, but 61% of their teachers have no training in gifted interventions and needs.