Gifted Nomination

 Students may be nominated by teachers, parents, or another adult. Older students may nominate themselves or a peer.
 Ask your child’s teacher or guidance counselor about nominating your child.
 After the nomination form is received, written consent is needed from the parent/guardian in order to move forward with the
screening process.
What
happens
next?

 Gifted Checklist:
Teacher completes the Gifted and Talented Checklist by observing Gifted characteristics in different categories: Advanced Language,
Motivation, Creative Thinking, Leadership, Advanced Learning, Artistic or Musically Talented (Fine Arts teachers may collaborate). A
minimum of 37 characteristics is needed to be able to move on in the screening process.

 Please feel free to call or email me with

any questions.
 K-BIT 2: Administered by the  I will let you know as your child proceeds
through the screening process.
School Counselor or Gifted Teacher
 We have 90 school days from consent to
The KBIT-2 is a brief cognitive screening with
complete the process.
3 different types of questions. The three types
are verbal knowledge, matrices, and
riddles. The verbal knowledge questions focus Full I.Q. test administered by the
on pictures of several types of things.
Students are then asked to point to a specific School Psychologist
type of thing in the picture. The matrices  A score of 130 and above qualifies
questions include a series of pictures that go for Gifted
together in some way, and then 4 other
pictures, and the child must choose which
picture goes with the original series. The Debbie Etheridge
riddles are a series of clues or hints that point Wakeland School Counselor
towards a specific word. A score of 93% is
needed to move on.
741-3344 ext. 2013
etheridged@manateeschools.net