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.
Yes, that’s what I do. I’m an investigative author who looks into why people turn out the ways that they do. In the summer of 2023 I released a book
It’s About the Sense of Belonging, Learning, and Well-Being Every child knows the difference between simply being placed in a classroom and truly feeling at home there. For gifted children,
Most pre-school and elementary schools aren’t ready for your gifted child’s needs. In this post, we look at one common reason behind why gifted children have fairly universal, inevitable problems
And with boys, in particular, they may not be developmentally ready to work with pencils A parent told me her son’s teacher suggested she look into dysgraphia because he avoided
I previously wrote about what an IQ score can and can’t tell you and I followed that up with a bit more background on ability testing. Here is another step
First, why am I writing about this? I’ve addressed the topic of the “relativity of giftedness” in my blog posts and two of my published books (the ones from 2023
Many exceptionally and profoundly gifted adolescents and young adults need considerable help and support in finding and maintaining friendship and romantic connections. Many highly intelligent adolescents, while craving friendships, often
… and funding becomes unavailable even though the citizens in those states still have to send in tax dollars to support those agencies .. What is The Federal Department of
In this post, we touch upon some ways parents, school personnel, and counselors can appropriately guide adolescents toward emotionally healthy friendships, romance, and independence. First of all, your super smart
Extremely gifted people differ from each other in many ways. What does this mean? Adolescence is a difficult time for many people, and social and emotional issues are sometimes additionally