If your child scores within the 95 th and 97 th percentile in the group assessment, they can take an individual assessment with a member of DDSB's psychological services. We will send home the test results in mid-January to early February. If your child is in Grades 4 to 12, you can request a nomination form from their school's Special Education Resource Teacher (SERT) in early September.īetween mid-October and mid-November, the SERT will notify you of your child's assessment date. We send out nomination forms with all Grade 3 students each year in early September. Parents and educators can nominate students to participate in the Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (CCAT). We review placements during the spring each year.

If your child passes the gifted assessment, they won't need to write it again. There are group and individual assessment options. You can only nominate your child for assessment a maximum of 2 times with the DDSB. You can nominate your child for a gifted assessment if you think they exhibit above average ability, creative thinking or can make broad connections to seemingly unconnected things. Enter a self-contained class with other gifted students.Remain in their regular class placement at their home school with accommodations provided by their teacher.Durham District School Board (DDSB) provides program options for gifted students between Grades 4 and 12. Your child must be identified as gifted by an Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) in order to be placed in a gifted program. Learn more about the definition of giftedness from the Association for Bright Children of Ontario (ABC Ontario). Ontario Ministry of Education defines giftedness as an unusually advanced degree of general intellectual ability that requires differentiated learning experiences of a depth and breadth beyond those normally provided.

Gifted and talented programs