text: Intellectual giftedness is a difference in learning and can also benefit from specialized teaching techniques or different educational programs , but the term `` special education '' is generally used to specifically indicate instruction of students whose special needs reduce their ability to learn independently or in an ordinary classroom , and gifted education is handled separately .
simplified: The word ` special education ' is used for students whose special needs stop them from learning the way normal people learn . Gifted education is handled separately .