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Don’t Start Gifted Boys in School Too Early
It Can Be Highly Problematic First, a reminder about reading my blog posts: The Gifted Through the Lifespan Substack is designed to acknowledge just that: giftedness shows up when we are born and until we die. Dementia and repressions (being female or a person of color, for example) and accidents of all sorts can make high intelligence […]
Downsizing My Digital Footprint!
In order to focus on writing, I am downsizing my digital footprint to reduce the number of platforms where my writing will be shared. In addition to publishing print and digital books, I will continue to post on Substack and on Medium, and I invite you to keep in touch there!
Celebrating 2100 Subscribers!
Gifted Through the Lifespan is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Through this newsletter, you will start to see yourself – and others around you – in a different light as you read about how high intelligence, coupled with our backgrounds, shapes our […]
The Intense World of Gifted Women
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 so long ago that she interviewed me for her podcast that I can’t remember exactly why she interviewed me, but she knew I’d written a […]
Early Childhood Screening for Giftedness
Early Childhood Screening for Giftedness Even when a gifted program isn’t available, it makes sense to screen anyway.All students in the classroom benefit from an approach that identifies and addresses different learningand social needs. There are good reasons why readiness screening is done routinely. Do you know whatyour school does and how they use the […]
How Smart You Are Is Relative
How smart you are is relative. It depends on who else is there. I show you three examples from my own life about how confused many people can get when they don’t understand how serious an issue this relativity thing is. It can be a great parenting tool for parents with gifted children because it […]
Who Is Gifted?
Who is gifted? And what does it mean to be gifted? Did you know that there are at least two very different ways of seeing giftedness? The most popular way, and pervasive way, includes grade-getting, being and good and cooperative student, and having a successful career, e.g. it is prestigious and makes a lot of […]
What the Heck Is Neurodiversity?
What the heck is neurodiversity? … and how does it fit into the picture of giftedness? The word “neurodiversity” seems to come up a lot these days. Is the condition new or is this just a new name for something that’s been around a long time? Does it help people—the parents, teachers, therapists, individuals—to understand […]
Dr. Ruf wins ‘Friend of the Gifted’ Award
Dr. Ruf was recognized by Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented (MEGT) and was presented with the 2023 Friend of the Gifted award at the January, 2024 MEGT conference at Grandview Lodge in Minnesota. Dr. Ruf is honored to be the recipient of this great honor!
Positive Disintegration Podcast
Dr. Ruf was a guest on the Positive Disintegration podcast in January, 2024. In the episode, Chris and Emma talked with Dr. Deborah Ruf, author of the award-winning book 5 Levels of Gifted. In 2023, she released a follow-up book called The 5 Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: What They Tell Us. Their conversation […]