The base of literature for the analyses in this article are laws; expressions of official politics 'The White Book'; the conception of identification and work with the gifted; some empirical researches; training of teachers; educators and school guidance services; research project work of a group of elementary schools; characteristics of professional literature.
The method of analysing the contents is orientated especially to following research problems: Conception and terminology of giftedness; identification of gifted pupils; realisation of specific intellectual, educational, social, emotional needs of gifted pupils at home and in school; training of teachers, educators, school guidance services; gifted education in the light of acceleration, segregation and enrichment; the sensitivity of the public; politics with regard to the needs of gifted children, records and informational arrangement of data, scholarships; and what could be learnt from the Slovenian experience.
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