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.
My New Approach to Sharing Information About Educational Systems and Outcomes Going forward, I will share my research, my viewpoints, my previous writing and speaking topics, and I will juxtapose
In this post, I share a tremendous resource, Colleen Kessler, for those of you who want to know more about giftedness. I’ve placed the link for her access to her podcasts at
“Good fit” in the context of school and social life means that people feel as though they belong. First, “good fit” in the context of school and social life means
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
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
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