San Miguel County, Colorado

Gifted Education / Advanced Learning Plan (ALP)

Colorado's Exceptional Children's Educational Act requires administrative units—including districts and multi-district BOCES—to identify and serve gifted learners.

Research scope: This record confirms the statewide requirement or framework, not a locally named program. Applicability can differ for charter or special-purpose agencies; confirm the district's current services.

How services work: Every identified learner receives an Advanced Learning Plan with standards-based academic and affective goals and programming aligned to individual strengths and needs. Local administrative-unit plans describe the available services.

How students are identified: Identification begins with referral or universal screening and uses a body of evidence gathered from multiple sources over time; no single data point determines gifted identification.

Gifted and Advanced Learning

"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.

How services work: The ALP is based on student needs and interests and may include such programming options as acceleration, differentiated instruction, enrichment activities, and affective counseling and guidance.

How students are identified: Identifying a gifted child begins with a referral initiated by a parent, teacher, self, peer, or community member.

Gifted and Talented Education

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How services work: Dolores County School District RE-2J » Parents/Students » Gifted and Talented Side Navigation Skip Sidebar Navigation Dove Creek High/Middle School Dove Creek Elementary College Resources Counselor Resources Nurse Food Services Gifted and Talented Scholarship Opportunities Title IX Assessment Information Last item for navigation .

How students are identified: Dolores County School District RE-2J » Parents/Students » Gifted and Talented Side Navigation Skip Sidebar Navigation Dove Creek High/Middle School Dove Creek Elementary College Resources Counselor Resources Nurse Food Services Gifted and Talented Scholarship Opportunities Title IX Assessment Information Last item for navigation .