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10/1/2021

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Often criticism about gifted education centers around concerns about elitism. Additionally, we often hear comments about the social and emotional wellbeing of our students. Statements such as, “those kids are showoffs” or “but how will they learn to be nice?” can undermine and minimize these children.

The challenge in responding to these statements stems from the fact that they appear to be logical. In many instances, advanced services may require students to go to a different room or grade level to have their needs fully met. This sets them apart from other students, and can appear to be elitist. Furthermore, some gifted students exhibit higher levels of excitability than their peers, and their temperaments can brand them as “showoffs” or “braggarts” to others. When this happens, gifted students may need counseling to temper criticisms leveled at them, and to help them express their overexcitabilities more gracefully. 

The best way to empower students, however, is by providing appropriate and needed services systematically and continuously. Appropriate educational services do more than simply help a student learn at his/her rate. Appropriate services address the pace, frequency, depth, and intensity of learning necessary for able learners to progress. Further, appropriate services ensure that even the most able students can experience, process, and  learn to deal with productive struggle. It is important that students experience this struggle early on to pave the way for future success. Often, this may also help advanced learners understand the struggle sometimes faced by other learners, and can foster empathy and humility.

If you are looking for ways to help your gifted child/student, the WATG website has resources and articles to help students and their advocates navigate their world.  We hope this resource proves beneficial for you. Additionally, if you have resources that you’d like to share, please send them to us. 

Dr. Maria Katsaros-Molzahn
For the Justice for All Taskforce


(WATG would like to extend a huge thank you to Esther Vazquez Guendulain of the Appleton Bilingual School for translating this article into Spanish for our Spanish-speaking families and educators. The translation can be found below.)

Nuestra página Web.. ¡una Gran Fuente de Información!
 
A menudo, las críticas sobre los centros de educación para habilidades excepcionales, se centra en el elitismo. Adicionalmente, frecuentemente escuchamos comentarios sobre el bienestar social y emocional de nuestros estudiantes. Declaraciones como "esos niños son presumidos" o "pero, ¿cómo van a aprender a ser amables?" pueden quebrantar y minimizar a estos niños.
 
El reto al responder a estas declaraciones se deriva del hecho de que parecen ser lógicas. En muchos casos, los servicios avanzados pueden requerir que los estudiantes vayan a un salón o nivel de grado diferente para satisfacer sus necesidades por completo. Esto los aparta de otros estudiantes y puede parecer elitista. Además, algunos estudiantes con habilidades excepcionales exhiben niveles más altos de emociones que sus compañeros, y su temperamento puede hacerlos parecer como “presumidos” o "fanfarrones" para los demás. Cuando esto sucede, los estudiantes con habilidades excepcionales pueden necesitar el apoyo de un consejero que los ayude a manejar las críticas que se les hacen y para ayudarlos a expresar sus sobre-emociones con más gracia
 
Sin embargo, la mejor manera de empoderar a los estudiantes es brindando los servicios adecuados y necesarios, de manera sistemática y continua. Los servicios adecuados de educación hacen más que simplemente ayudar a un estudiante a aprender a su ritmo. Los servicios adecuados marcan el ritmo, la frecuencia, la profundidad y la intensidad de la enseñanza necesaria para que los estudiantes capaces progresen. Además, los servicios adecuados aseguran que, incluso los estudiantes más capaces puedan experimentar, procesar y aprender a lidiar con la dificultad de ser productivo. Es importante que los estudiantes experimenten esta lucha desde el principio para formar el camino para el éxito futuro. A menudo, esto también puede ayudar a los estudiantes avanzados a comprender las dificultades que a veces enfrentan otros estudiantes y puede fomentar la empatía y humildad.
 
Si está buscando la manera de ayudar a su hijo(a)/estudiante con habilidades excepcionales, la
 página web WATG cuenta con recursos y artículos para ayudar a estudiantes y a quienes abogan por ellos, a  para navegar en ese mundo. Esperamos que estos recursos sean de beneficio para usted. Adicionalmente, si tiene recursos que le gustaría compartir, puede usted enviárnoslos por favor.
 
 
Dr. Maria Katsaros-Molzahn
For the Justice for All Taskforce
 
(WATG extiende su agradecimiento a Esther Vazquez Guendulain de la Escuela Bilingüe de Appleton por la traducción de este articulo al español para nuestras familias y educadores hispano-hablantes. La traducción la puede encontrar también en los bloques de nuestra página web.)

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