Level Three (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted) children and their parents generally had considerable difficulty finding a good school fit. The school options families have available to them play a role in how good the eventual “fit” is for the Level Three student. Level Three READ MORE
Does Early Talking Signal Giftedness?
How does early or late talking relate to how smart a child is? Two families were visiting their great aunt and uncle and chatting with each other as their first-borns, and first cousins to each other, were crawling and toddling around the living room floor in front of READ MORE
Are Schools Prepared for Gifted Children? (Exceptionally to Profoundly Gifted, Level Four)
No. Not generally. Level Four children and their parents in my first book (5 Levels of Gifted: School Issues and Educational Options, 2009) generally had considerable difficulty finding a good school fit. My second book, my longitudinal study (The 5 Levels of Gifted READ MORE
Scatterplots of Early Childhood Development in Gifted Children
Different in Many Ways Scatterplots to illustrate some of the ways! Early in my consulting career with gifted families, my natural inclination to explore, theorize, and try to figure things out about high intelligence and its affects, led me to do a fun little READ MORE
Don’t Start Gifted Boys in School Too Early
It Can Be Highly Problematic First, a reminder about reading my blog posts: The Gifted Through the Lifespan Substack is designed to acknowledge just that: giftedness shows up when we are born and until we die. Dementia and repressions (being female or a person of READ MORE