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.
Gifted children can turn into insecure, anxious and depressed gifted adults when sibling and other family interactions in childhood make them doubt their value and lovability. It doesn’t take much
The issue of feeling normal or fitting easily into our environments so that we feel like we belong and are welcome, is a deep and pervasive issue for many highly
Growing up — and showing up — as a gifted is usually filled with difficulties and pitfalls. Podcaster, Suki Wessling, focuses her work on the world of women. It was
What every parent and teacher of gifted children should know. This advice is relevant for teachers at any grade level. And, if you’re the parent of a gifted child, feel
School is not real life; this doesn’t help with social skills Everyone knows … that the reason we put children in school by age for their instruction is that there
Do you ever wonder if you’d recognize it? This new book will help readers more fully understand what giftedness is and isn’t. I’m pleased to present a new book that
In this post we look at how the way your parents were raised and how they raised you might still be affecting you, your parenting, and your relationships. Dąbrowski’s theory
In a previous post, I talked about my early school years the post called How Author Background Affects What They Write. Here I am the summer before I became an 8th grader. About
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In mid-November 2023, shortly after I released my 18 year longitudinal follow-up study in the very big book (3 pounds), The 5 Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: What They Tell