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  • As late as the 1990s, the term "gifted learning disabled" was a relatively new idea in special education (Fall & Nolan, 1993). Consequently, gifted students with learning disabilities have presented a challenge to both regular and special-education teachers because many educators are unaware that such a population exists. If educators are to meet the special needs of these students, we must be able to identify them and provide appropriate intervention. Silverman (1989) pointed out that the coincidence of dual exceptionalities occurs more frequently than we realize. One problem is the assumption that gifted students demonstrate overall high achievement levels. This is based to a great extent on the early longitudinal studies of giftedness initiated by Lewis Terman at Standford University. Unfortunately, it is not necessarily true. For example, Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 3 years old, and he was never a good student in school. He had problems with spelling and writing well into adulthood, although he had exceptional abilities in nonverbal areas (Fox, Brody, & Tobin, 1983) Identified gifted students who have unidentified learning disabilities may exhibit a discrepancy between their perceived potential and actual performance. These students are often told that they are not trying hard enough or that they are lazy (Williams, 1988). Others use their unidentified giftedness to compensate for their learning disabilities and succeed in functioning at or slightly below grade level (Baum, 1989; Landrum, 1989; Silverman, 1989; Suter & Wolf, 1987; Well, 1987), obscuring both their giftedness and their learning disabilities. In this case, gifted students with learning disabilities are left out of the identification process because teachers do not recognize the need to have them screened for either exceptionality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

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