Identification procedures should involve parents, teachers, and other professionals. Screening should involve the use of a number of measures of performance and potential. A student should not be required to perform on all measures of performance at a superior level as a number of complicating factors may be present. Placement refers to the decision to place students in an existing program, or to develop and implement appropriate strategies. Once the child has been identified, careful consideration of appropriate strategies and close consultation between parents, teachers, counsellors and other professionals must occur.
Monitoring allows for periodical review of the placement or the appropriateness of the program.
Placement in a program should not be designed to be permanent. The needs of the student may change or the program may need to be adjusted. A number of approaches are available to systems and schools for the education of gifted and talented students. These approaches, in many cases, may be implemented concurrently. The implementation of appropriate and specific strategies in the regular classroom will form a solid basis for the education of gifted and talented students.