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  • For the purposes of this chapter, misdiagnosis is defined as a child who is identified as having a behavioral problem or psychological diagnosis without taking his or her gifted intellect and the normal behaviors of the gifted into consideration. The hypothesis for this chapter is that gifted Hispanic and African American children commonly served in the United States public school system often are underidentified as gifted due to behaviors related to their culture, as opposed to their level of giftedness; furthermore, the underidentification can lead to misdiagnosis. This chapter presents anecdotal evidence supporting the hypothesis that giftedness often is overlooked in culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. The children's identification is then frequently misdiagnosed or misrepresented. Some of the reasons for the misdiagnosis evidenced include: language differences, cultural norm differences, multiple school placements, institutionalized racism, and the prevailing lack of knowledge about giftedness in general. Various cultural populations likely carry more psychological diagnoses due to idiosyncratic issues that are discussed in this chapter. Carrying a psychological diagnosis further obviates overlooking giftedness in the culturally diverse population. Recommendations for identification and remediation of the misdiagnosis problem also are discussed. The author posed questions related to the stated hypothesis, which guided the collection of anecdotal information for this chapter. During individual interviews the questions were posed to educators, paraprofessionals, and parents. The members of this group included an elementary school principal, the head psychologist of a school district, an elementary school teacher, a parent-educator, a parent, a school district gifted coordinator, and a pediatric neuropsychologist. The individuals interviewed included an equal representation of Hispanics, African Americans, and Anglos, and one American Indian. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

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