Section 92-3-005 - CONTINUUM OF PROGRAMMING SERVICES, OPTIONS, AND STRATEGIES AND AFFECTIVE OR GUIDANCE NEEDS005.01 Districts serving high ability learners shall serve identified high ability learners by using instructional curriculum patterns that include, but are not limited to the following:005.01A.Differentiated Curriculum. The "regular" curriculum must be described at the district level as required before differentiated curriculum can be devised. Differentiated curriculum shall mean an adjustment of the regular program as appropriate for the individual learner in terms of content, process, and/or product.005.01B.Curriculum Acceleration. The student enters into or moves through the regular curriculum at an accelerated pace by any combination of the following: grade level skipping; content level acceleration; cluster grouping by content; early entrance to school; compacting the curriculum; early graduation; or, course waivers.005.01C.Curriculum Enrichment. The provision of in-depth and/or multi-disciplinary exploration of content or courses and/or experiences beyond those provided in the regular curriculum.005.01D.Compacted Curriculum. A process for assessing the student's mastery of content, eliminating that which has been mastered prior to normal presentation or teaching clusters of needed skills in a reduced time frame, and substituting enrichment activities and/or accelerated studies appropriate to high ability learners.005.01E.Student Grouping. The use of various organizational formats that meet the learning style and specific curricular needs of high ability learners.005.01F.Mentoring/Shadowing. The linking of a student with a person with a specific knowledge base in a short-term or in-depth, sharing relationship resulting in a series of learning experiences. This experience may occur within a school setting or "on-site."005.02 Learners with high ability need affective as well as cognitive growth. Therefore, affective curriculum, as well as specialized counseling specific to the needs of learners with high ability, shall be provided by each eligible, approved school district. 005.02A.Affective Curriculum provides personal/social awareness and adjustment, academic planning and performance, and vocational and career awareness, investigation, and planning.005.02B.Specialized Counseling provides individual or small group guidance services to learners with high ability which will help them to make long-range decisions about school and career choices.92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 3, § 005