Category: Gifted Education
Do’s and Don’ts for Teachers of Gifted Children
What every parent and teacher of gifted children should know. Photo by CDC on Unsplash This advice is relevant for teachers at any grade level. It’s original title was The Do’s and Don’ts for Teachers of Gifted Students. And, if you’re the parent of a gifted child, feel free to share this with your child’s teacher(s). That […]
Gifted Adults from the Baby Boomer Generation Talk About Social Skills
It’s also called the EQ and IQ Connection Because Some People Navigate Those Waters More easily Than Others. Many highly intelligent people of all ages struggle to feel they fit in or belong. I have long been interested in what makes people feel like they don’t belong. This feeling of not quite “getting it” myself […]
When Gifted People Walk That Humility Line—or Not
Most intellectually gifted adults don’t think of themselves as gifted. Smart enough maybe, but not so special as to be gifted. First of all, 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 didn’t […]
How Do Schools Take Care of Moderately Gifted Students?
The same as they take care of most students. Very little new happens before High School. In this post, you will start to see yourself, and even if you don’t know your IQ, you’ll start to be able to guess more accurately! If a child is clearly advanced, surely the school will recognize the child’s […]
Are Schools Prepared to Meet the Needs of the Highly Gifted?
Level Two children are highly gifted and the most common in gifted programs. Level Two children and their parents also experienced difficulties finding a good school fit. Level Two children and adults are highly gifted. One might think that school personnel would notice the advanced abilities of the students and help to adjust the material […]
If a Gifted Child is Getting Poor Grades, Does this Mean They’re Underachieving?
People collapse “grade getting” behaviors or “going to college” with intelligence. Don’t! First, when a child is clearly capable and smart — possibly gifted — it is common for both teachers and parents to see “bad grades” as either underachievement or maybe they have a disability. But is it that simple? Interestingly enough, a great […]
Are Schools Prepared for Gifted Children? (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted)
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 children and adults are Exceptionally gifted. One might think that school […]
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 them all. Little Sally, about 14 months […]
Are Schools Prepared for Gifted Children? (Exceptionally to Profoundly Gifted, Level Four)
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 Children Grown Up: What They Tell Us, 2023), shows us how the outcomes of this high […]
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 investigation. One of my focuses during my PhD doctoral training was […]
