Five Levels Of Gifted

Top 3 Ways to Keep in Touch!

As I step back from the digital highway to focus more on writing, you won’t see regular updates here. However, I do want to leave you with a clear path to keep in touch! Here are the top 4 ways to reach me… collaborative, and helps you find the right readers for whatever you have […]

Highly Gifted Students inTheir School Years — Part 1 of 5

Introduction to Level Two Longitudinal Study Results for 12 Highly Gifted Youngsters I worked directly with most of the families… and individuals in this study. I administered and interpreted intelligence and achievement tests to most of the subjects in this study. Sometimes

Is Early Reading a Sign of Giftedness?

Many gifted kids read before any lessons. Some highly, exceptionally, to profoundly gifted start by ages two to three. Some don’t read until later. Many gifted kids read before any lessons. Some highly, exceptionally, to profoundly gifted (Ruf Estimates of Levels Three, Four, and Five) start by ages two to three. A child might still […]

9 Cultivating Gifted Child Social Skills

Any Questions? Over the years I’ve taken on many different roles to stay connected with gifted children and their families. One such role was that of a volunteer position as Gifted Children Program Coordinator for American Mensa during for five years 2003-2008. I answered letters from parents of gifted children, and sometimes there were questions […]

Neurodiversity? Huh? What’s That?

… and how does it fit into the picture of giftedness? One of my roles in life has been to be the one who asks the questions others wanted to ask but who were hesitant to ask themselves for fear of looking stupid. So they didn’t ask and sometimes pretended not to have a question […]

The 5 Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: What They Tell Us

by Deborah Ruf
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The 5 Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up is a detailed follow-up to Dr. Deborah Ruf’s previous book, 5 Levels of Gifted: School Issues and Educational Options. In this book, Dr. Ruf explores how background…. Read More

Reviews

Dr. Delisle “I’ve finally read through the “5 Levels” update…and it is a monumental work. The amount of detail and insight you provide is unlike anything I have seen published elsewhere, and the respect you show to your 64 subjects is evident throughout. I won’t lie: I didn’t read through every one of the excerpts in each of the chapters. Instead, I read through a variety of them and then headed straight to the Summary and Conclusions portion of each chapter. It was in each of those that your synthesis of your respondents’ responses came most to life for me. Too, the Afterword was a great way to tie together the many conclusions that you reached, as well as additional questions that remain….Read More