Actually, in the district where my wife works, both gifted kids as well as children who have emotional and behavioral disorders are placed in the "Special Education" department. She does half a day doing "Pull-Out" special ed, where she'll pull the EBD children into a corner of their existing classroom to work on things, then another half day doing the same type of pull-out work with gifted kids.

"both gifted kids as well as children who have emotional and behavioral disorders"

The two groups are not mutually exclusive.