Some can succeed in Advanced Placement courses in junior high school. Some should be co-enrolled in high school and college. The options for acceleration should be explained to students and their parents. Counseling is an important provision for gifted students. They are often troubled by their differences, by difficulties they encounter in communicating with others, and by making career choices among many appealing options.
Groups designed specifically for gifted students are the most effective.
These can be formally conducted by a counselor or informally conducted, more as discussion groups, by an interested teacher. Teachers have an enormous impact on the lives of gifted students. Underachieving students have been salvaged by one understanding teacher who took an interest in them. The investment of time and energy in differentiating the curriculum for gifted students can inspire them to have higher aspirations, to win scholarships, to choose demanding careers, and to use their gifts for the betterment of society. Counseling the gifted and talented.