Recognition and Support Program for Children Talented for Music at Junior Age of School Children

Recognition of gifted pupils at the junior school age is a very significant factor for development of biologic potentials of the gifted individuals. Recognition of gifted pupils according to the legal norms of the Republic of Serbia a priori implies the right of the gifted pupils on an individual education plan (IEP in the following text) and on the pedagogical and expert support of the expert teams. We will be dealing with musically gifted pupils who do not attend Music school in this work. The task of the expert teams is to establish the IEP for musically gifted pupils and to direct them into development of the gift using the holistic approach. This implies the stimuli for motivation and interest for work of the pupils. Furthermore, it also implies the development of moral behaviour, emotional intelligence and social maturity. The IEP for a musically talented pupil contains five phases presented in this paper as example part of pedagogical practice.