Will, Emma (SEN)
From:	Leonie Maxwell [talthean@one.net.au]
Sent:	Tuesday, 6 March 2001 6:19 PM
To:	eet.sen@aph.gov.au
Senate Committee of Inquiry into the Education of Gifted and
 Talented Children:
 Submission

 Name: Leonie Rae Maxwell
 Phone: (07) 3410 1460
 Postal Address: 1/23 Rosella St, Bongaree, Qld., 4507

 Questionnaire:

 1.  Does your child have access to an appropriate education?
 Y/N  [N  ]

 2.  Do you feel that regular teachers at your school have the
 training that is needed to teach gifted children?
 Y/N  [N  ]

 3.  Part of the government's strategy for the education of gifted and
 talented students is that: `After 1995 all schools, where feasible,
 should
 seek to emply at least one teacher who has training in the
 education of
 gited and talented students.' Are any of the teachers at your school
 trained in the education of gifed and talented students? Y/N  [Y  ]

 4.  How many teachers at your school appear to understand the
 academic, social, and emotional needs of the gifted child?
 A = No teachers   B = Some teachers  C = All teachers
 [ B ]

 5. How many teachers at your school are approachable with
 respect to gifted issues?
 A = No teachers   B = Some teachers  C = All teachers
 [S  ]

 6.  Does your school use a proceedure to identify students of high
 potential?
 Y/N  [ N ]

 7.  Is it common for gifted children in your school to receive a
 curriculum that is different from the non-gifted students in the
 classroom?
 Y/N  [ N ]

 8.  Is accelerated progression through grades an option for gifted
 students at your school?
 Y/N  [N  ]

9.  Which subject(s) are taught using ability grouping?
 A = None   B = Mathe   C = Reading   D = Other   E = More than
 one subject
 [N  ]

 10.  Does your school provide mentorships for gifted studnets?
 Y/N  [N  ]

 11.  Do you believe that your gifted child's education has been
 damaging to his/her social and emotional well-being?
 Y/N  [ Y ]

 12.  Please indicate which of the following you believe would assist
 gifted children in your school:
a)  All teacher qualifications should
 include training in the education of gifted and talented students Y/N
  [Y  ]

 b)  Implementing a proceedure to identify students of high potential
 Y/N  [Y  ]

 c)  Ability grouping in regular classes
 Y/N  [ Y ]

 d)  Allowing accelerated progression through the grades
 Y/N  [ Y ]

 e)  Compacting curriculum within regular classes
 Y/N  [ Y ]

 f)  Providing mentorships for gifted students
 Y/N  [ Y ]

 g)  Special classes for gifted children to allow compacting of
 curriculum and enrichment opportunities
 Y/N  [Y  ]

 h)  Extra funding for gifted educationY/N [Y  ]

 Append any other comments below:

My child, who also has a learning disability, was refused IQ assessment
through the school as he was not considered 'high enough priority'. After
subsequent testing through a private psychologist, he has been offered some
extension work, but only in the context of his special needs interventions.
This was done on the recommendation of the school special needs teacher and
the district Guidance Officer, not by the school administration and not in
the regular classroom.