Welcome
Welcome to the gifted and talented education section of the CDE website. We hope that at this site, you will find answers to many of your questions and the support you need for working with highly-able students.
"Gifted and talented children" means those persons between the ages of five and twenty-one whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational programming needs. Children under five who are gifted may also be provided with early childhood special educational services. Gifted students include gifted students with disabilities (i.e. twice exceptional) and students with exceptional abilities or potential from all socio-economic and ethnic, cultural populations. Gifted students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of these areas of giftedness:
- General or specific intellectual ability.
- Specific academic aptitude.
- Creative or productive thinking.
- Leadership abilities.
- Visual arts, performing arts, musical or psychomotor abilities.
What's New
- 2009-2010 Calendar (PDF)
- Graduate Credit for Twice Exceptional Training
- Twice-Exceptional Training Flyer (PDF)
- National Association of Gifted Children Conference 2009
The Challenger 2009
- The
Challenger, October 2009 (PDF)
- Regional News
- Metro (PDF)
- North Central (PDF)
- Northeast (PDF)
- Northwest (PDF)
- Pikes Peak (PDF)
- San Luis Valley (PDF)
- Southeast (PDF)
- West Central (PDF)
- West Southwest (PDF)
- Regional News
CDE Sponsored Gifted Education Listserv
Colo-GT provides local, regional, state and national information and discussion for Colorado educators and other interested persons concerning gifted and talented student education.
- Directions to Subscribe (PDF)
