Cuarta sesión de DESARROLLO PROFESIONAL 

Beyond One Language: Characteristics, Challenges, and Instructional Strategies for Gifted Bilingual and Multilingual Learners

 Nilda Aguirre | NABE

Gifted bilingual and multilingual learners bring extraordinary strengths—yet they are often misunderstood or overlooked in traditional gifted settings. This session explores the key academic and social-emotional characteristics of multilingual gifted learners, the challenges they face in monolingual-focused gifted classrooms, and why talent may be hidden behind language development.

Participants will gain practical strategies that blend gifted education best practices with second language acquisition approaches, offering concrete ways to recognize, nurture, and challenge gifted multilingual students. Walk away with tools to create more inclusive, equitable gifted learning environments where linguistic diversity is recognized as an asset, not a barrier.