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The needs of students with intellectual disabilities are addressed and protected by the Public Schools Act, but guidance for understanding and accommodating the needs of gifted learners is lacking.  \nProgramming for gifted students is necessary to meet their affective and academic needs. Acceleration, which may take many forms, is an effective intervention that is appropriate for gifted learners; as they stand, Manitoba’s guidelines for accommodating student needs do not support acceleration as a viable option for gifted students.  \nManitoba’s public schools do not attend to the needs of gifted students adequately. The curriculum used in Manitoba’s public schools is designed to meet the learning needs of most students (Manitoba, 2006), but there are groups of students with atypical developmental trajectories whose needs are not addressed by the standard curriculum. These trajectories exist at both ends of the IQ scale, but the needs of gifted students are largely unrecognized, while students with cognitive deficits (deservedly) receive attention and support. Although there is substantial focus on students having difficulty fulfilling curricular outcomes, gifted students who may have already met or who can exceed those standards are not addressed in Manitoba’s Public Schools Act (PSA) (Manitoba, 2020, Regulation 155/205) . Wide variation in options for gifted students exists because Manitoba’s policies do not ensure broad, consistent access to provisions for those students at the divisional, school, or classroom level. As it is written, Manitoba’s policy on varying the curriculum disqualifies gifted students from having Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)(Student Services, n.d. ) . Manitoba policy fails to recognize that gifted students vary significantly from the norm, and that they have a right to differentiations including acceleration, for which there is expansive and consistent research support (Colangelo et al. , 2004) .  \nPublic school curriculum is targeted toward typical children with typical needs who progress at a typical pace (Manitoba, 2006), but atypical children’s needs are not adequately addressed by standard curriculum. Atypical development patterns are characteristic of the 3% of children at both the top and bottom of the IQ scale; these children require educational programming that is significantly different from the programming provided for typical children (Silverman, 2012, Appendix, sect. 23) . Collectively, the children at each end of the IQ scale can be considered “exceptional learners”; that is, they are the exception to the rule that their intellectual abilities match those of their chronological peers. Children with significant cognitive deficits score two standard deviations below average on IQ tests, resulting in a score of 70 or below (Diagnostic Criteria, n.d. , “Deficits” section, para. 2) . At the other end of the IQ scale, ascore of 130 (two standard deviations above average on IQ tests) represents the threshold for the identification of giftedness (Silverman, 2019) . Educational systems typically ignore the fact that gifted children differ from the norm as significantly as their peers with cognitive deficits.  \nBoth groups of students are atypical, but students with intellectual disabilities receive attention and support while the students at the other end of the spectrum are largely unrecognized. The welfare of students with cognitive deficits both in school and beyond is  \njustifiably paramount when their educational plans are developed; these students are vulnerable individuals who require support to function with safety and dignity as members of society. Programming for students with intellectual disabilities is wi","cbCaicdF9V0y347C","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicdF9V0y347C","pdf",215197,"English","# Abstract\n## Policy gaps in gifted education\n## Acceleration as an effective intervention\n## Limits of Manitoba’s public school curriculum\n## Legal and practical inconsistencies in access and support\n## Typical curriculum vs. atypical developmental trajectories","[{\"question\":\"How does the Public Schools Act address gifted students’ needs in Manitoba?\",\"answer\":\"The Act protects students with intellectual disabilities, but it lacks sufficient guidance for understanding and accommodating gifted learners.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is acceleration described as an important intervention for gifted students?\",\"answer\":\"Acceleration can take multiple forms and is considered effective for meeting gifted students’ affective and academic needs; however, Manitoba’s guidelines do not currently support it as a viable option.\"},{\"question\":\"What curriculum and policy issues affect access to support for gifted students?\",\"answer\":\"Manitoba’s public school curriculum is designed for typical learners, while gifted students with atypical developmental trajectories receive less recognition. The document also notes that policy design can disqualify gifted students from having Individualized Education Plans and leads to inconsistent access across divisions, schools, and classrooms.\"}]","Overlooked and Underserved: Gifted Students in Manitoba | PDF",1792080285]