Image of the gifted child as a problematic individual in contemporary education

Adapting educational requirements for children with special educational needs is a very difficult process. Usually, it involves lowering expectations for children and harmonizing their level with that which teachers set. Under the term of a student with special needs, we could also understand a capable child for whom the material provided for in the core curriculum is too simple, too obvious. The main task of the teacher in this case is to enable him to use all of his potential. Adaptation of education methods for such a child, especially in a large class, is difficult task. The article de-scribes the methods and ways of adapting the program for a gifted child. The notion of children functioning above the norm unambiguously defined in comparison with their peers, considering the definition of what intelligence is. Also, described are issues of home education, individual learning program, individual course of study, tutoring and mentoring along with the characteristics of "otherness" of gifted children.