Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D., is a specialist in intelligence assessment and individualized interpretations and guidance for both gifted children and adults. Her research, writing, and speaking focuses on school and educational issues as well as related social and emotional adjustments for gifted children particularly those at the highest levels of giftedness.
Deborah Ruf, PhD ©2022 Gifted programming generally isn’t available for the youngest gifted children. But that doesn’t mean that the classroom teacher or parents can’t provide appropriate instruction and social
When I think of giftedness, I sometimes think about why we want to know about it and how it affects people. To start with, I see high intelligence and giftedness
Most intellectually gifted adults don’t think of themselves as gifted. Smart enough maybe, but not so special as to be gifted. After all, they were lucky, or worked hard, or
Exciting news! For the first time ever, 5 Levels of Gifted will be available as a download on July 30th! You can pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and in
What is giftedness and what does it mean to be gifted? Until recently, I thought what I think is gifted is simply correct and people who saw it differently were
In this post, we look at how to prepare your bright, possibly gifted child for individual or group testing for intellectual ability and current achievement levels. In a later
I recently attended a school conference that included the school psychologist, principal, classroom teacher, district gifted and talented coordinator, parents of the gifted child, and other interested parties. Five minutes