The volume presents information on the identification of gifted and talented children, ranging from very broad screening and selection sequences to specific procedures and instruments for locating talent in a variety of areas. Initial sections provide excerpts from Connecticut State Department of Education publications on identification of gifted and talented students and recommendations for gifted and talented programs under Section 10-76 of the general statutes of Connecticut special education legislation. In a third section on guidelines for identification and instrument selection, brief descriptions are provided for measures of general scholastic ability; creative thought processes and creativity potential; conformity, socialization, and maturation; and ideational, figural, expressive, and associative fluency. A fourth section includes descriptions of general systems (such as Project Improve) and instruments for gifted and talent identification. Additional sections address the following: identification of students with extraordinary learning ability; identification of creative thinking abilities; and the identification, talent potential, and a model project for the culturally diverse gifted. (SBH)