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You will encounter 2e students who are gifted but not identified--perhaps even the student you have chosen as your "case study" student in this course. This course can only give you an overview. You'll need to work with a gifted specialist in order to get a 2e student identified.
Colorado Gifted Identification
The Exceptional Children’s Educational Act (ECEA) requires all administrative units (AUs) in Colorado to identify and serve students between the ages of five and twenty-one, and age four in administrative units with Early Access, whose aptitude or competence in abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment in one or more domains are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational programming needs. Administrative units include: school districts, Charter School Institute (CSI), multi-district administrative units and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).
ECEA Rules specify the areas for gifted identification in Colorado. A student may be identified in one or more of these domains (areas):
General Intellectual Ability
Intellectual ability is exceptional capability or potential recognized through cognitive processes (e.g., memory, reasoning, rate of learning, spatial reasoning, ability to find and solve problems, ability to manipulate abstract ideas and make connections).
Specific Academic Aptitude
Specific academic aptitude is exceptional capability or potential in an academic content area(s) (e.g., a strong knowledge base or the ability to ask insightful, pertinent questions within the discipline). Academic areas for identification are: mathematics, readings, writing, science, social studies, and world languages.
Specific Talent Aptitudes
Creative or Productive Thinking
Creative or productive thinking is exceptional capability or potential in mental processes (e.g., critical thinking, creative problem solving, humor, independent/original thinking, and/or products).
Leadership Abilities
Leadership is the exceptional capability or potential to influence and empower people (e.g., social perceptiveness, visionary ability, communication skills, problem-solving, inter- and intra-personal skills, and a sense of responsibility).
Visual arts, performing arts (theater, speech and debate) music, dance or psychomotor abilities are exceptional capabilities or potential in talent areas.
For more information on identification within a talent area, see "Specific Talent Aptitude" on the Office of Gifted Education's webpage.
On the Colorado Department of Education's website, under the Office of Gifted Education, you will find many resources to assist you in the identification process. Chapter 3 of our Gifted Identification Guidebook contains information on how to identify twice-exceptional learners by looking at CDE's gifted and special education guidelines.