Others are by special requests from parents who want to know what to do with their children, and early-age enrolment applicants referred from the Department. The psychologist averages that out of the 250 students referred to him for assessments each year, about 20 would be requests for identification of intellectual giftedness. However, he points out that not all the 20 come through as intellectually gifted. Some are just bright children or can read well. More teachers and parents are thinking that maybe their children are intellectually gifted.
Many parents see their children as exceptionally bright or at least brighter than the next child.
They want to believe their children are gifted. Gifted children are different. They exhibit certain traits and characteristics that a regular child or a bright child will not. And that's when an IQ test can clearly identify the ones with very high or superior intellectual potential. Indeed, quite the opposite has been known to happen.