Identifying and Serving Diverse Gifted Learners : Meeting the Needs of Special Populations in Gifted Education.

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: Sedillo⁰́₉s Gifted-GLBT Stages of Identity [Paul James (PJ) Sedillo] Part III: Special Populations of Gifted Students 5. Serving Our Highly Gifted Learners: A Practitioner⁰́₉s 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]

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. Though it is the right of Black, Hispanic/Latinx, twice-exceptional (2e), low-income, and other special populations of students to have access to advanced academic programs in the American educational system, complex and deep-rooted systemic issues often block the way. This seminal text thoughtfully brings the conversation around historically underrepresented students in gifted education to the forefront, drawing on real-world examples to provide an accessible discussion of foundational, interdependent topics, including current research and promising educational practices. Readers will develop a basic theoretical understanding of the issues and be able to advance more responsive programs and experiences for low-income, racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse gifted students, and other diverse gifted populations. This text serves as a beacon to motivate K-12 educators, researchers, and scholars to carry the torch of advocacy on behalf of those students historically underrepresented in programs for the gifted and talented.