The document outlines characteristics of the Birmingham (Michigan) Program for the Gifted and Talented, a program which serves elementary and secondary level students capable of high performance, demonstrated achievement, and/or potential ability in any of the following areas, singly or in combination--general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, creative or productive thinking, leadership ability, visual and performing arts. Sections address the following program components: inservice prior to implementation; elementary and junior high identification procedures (prescreening procedures, nomination procedures, screening procedures, selection procedures); secondary screening procedures; and program operation (general pattern, time, grouping, continuation activities, personnel, facilities, materials and equipment, the Enrichment Triad Model, community resources, outlets for the communication of creative work, program evaluation). Sample forms and checklists make up the remainder of the document. (SBH)