Gifted students with high functioning autism (gifted-HFA) are being excluded from gifted programs in one public school setting in the Southeastern United States designed for gifted and high-achieving students. Although the literature indicates teacher self-efficacy in working with this group can contribute to this problem, it was unclear whether…

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the underrepresentation of twice-exceptional students in gifted programs. The study focused on the underrepresentation of twice-exceptional students in being recommended for gifted testing (Missett et al., 2016). The participants of the study encompassed kindergarten through fifth grade…