Identifying and Serving Diverse Gifted Learners

Grounded in a combination of evidence, personal narratives, interviews, data, and research, Identifying and Serving Diverse Gifted Learners: Meeting the Needs of Special Populations in Gifted Education is a guiding resource for all stakeholder groups in gifted education to shift the equity needle of gifted programs in America.

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Jaime A. Castellano is a nationally recognized and award-winning educator, principal, author, scholar, and researcher. In 2017 he was recognized as SENG's (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) National Educator of the Year. He is a preeminent scholar and researcher in gifted education and in identifying and serving diverse/special populations of gifted students.

Kimberley L. Chandler is the Senior Program Officer/Curriculum Design, Online Programs **for the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where she supervises curriculum development for online courses. Her professional background includes teaching gifted students in a variety of settings, serving as an administrator of a school district gifted program, and providing professional development training for teachers and administrators nationally and internationally.

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Part I: Supporting Gifted Students from Historically Underrepresented Populations 1. A Standing Commitment to Special Populations in Gifted Education [Jaime A. Castellano] Part II: Expanding the View of Special Populations: Connecting and Understanding 2. On the Move: Helping Military-Connected Gifted Students Navigate Non-Promotional School Transitions [Melanie S. Meyer] 3. Educating Gifted Students with Trauma, Toxic Stress, and Adverse Childhood Experiences [Jaime A. Castellano] 4. The Why, Who, What, Where, and How for this Under-identified Underserved Population: Sedillo's Gifted-GLBT Stages of Identity [Paul James (PJ) Sedillo] Part III: Special Populations of Gifted Students 5. Serving Our Highly Gifted Learners: A Practitioner's Guide [Dina Brulles, and Kim Lansdowne] 6. Growing Up Gifted in Rural America: Mitigating Challenges Posed by Geography [Kimberley L. Chandler] 7. Meeting the Needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Youth with Gifts and Talents [Anne Gray] 8. Fostering Cultural Capital and Creativity for Recruitment and Retention: A Holistic Approach to Serving Gifted Black Students in Gifted Education [Kristina Henry Collins, and Tiombe Bisa Kendrick-Dunn] 9. Gifted Identification and Services for Asian Americans [Rachel U. Mun, and Glorry Yeung] 10. Identifying and Providing Instructional Services for Twice-Exceptional Students [Megan Foley-Nicpon and Ching-Lan Rosaline Lin] 11. Young, Curious, and Resilient: The Population of Early Learners [Nancy B. Hertzog] 12. Identifying and Serving Gifted English Language Learners (ELLs) [Jaime A. Castellano, and Erik Francis] 13. Gifted Hispanic/Latino Students [Jaime A. Castellano] Part IV: Reflections for Practice, Policy, and Research 14. Shifting Paradigms for Special Populations of Gifted Learners [Kimberley L. Chandler]