The term gifted learning disabled (GLD) is a relatively new idea in special education. The term elicits confusion among parents, educators, and the students themselves. A student with outstanding skills in one area and a significant deficit in another may not be succeeding in school, but still have talents far beyond his peers. This dichotomy leaves the student frustrated, his parents puzzled, and his teachers feeling helpless. There are programming strategies that can be effective for this type of student. The Autonomous Learner Model (Betts, 1985) has been adapted to provide activities to meet the diversified needs of these gifted and talented students with learning difficulties.
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