What else makes IQ scores hard to count on?Different ability tests have different scales or ranges of scores. The ones you can take free online generally have a higher top score than the tests you can take individually with an assessment specialist or in school. You may have READ MORE
What Are Parenting Styles? Part 2 of 2
In the first post about parenting styles, I framed up a series of concepts about the interactions between gifted children and their parents. Then we launched into the authoritarian style of parenting. In this post I focus on the authoritative, permissive, and the uninvolved or READ MORE
Development in Gifted Children: Different in Many Ways
In 1999 I developed an intake form called “Developmental Milestones.” Parents who came to my new consultancy gave me all the information I thought I might need to figure them and their children out so that I could help them with their schooling and other issues related to their READ MORE
Preschool Behaviors in Highly to Profoundly Gifted Children
The Grayson School left this insightful comment on "Preschool Behaviors in Highly to Profoundly Gifted Children" on Substack: "This is a fabulous summary of the gifted preschooler at various ages. We know at Grayson that gifted PreK children are tremendously hungry to learn, READ MORE
How Smart Is My Child?
Using the Ruf Estimates™ of Levels of Gifted Many parents wonder how their children compare to other children. They worry about how to select the best school for their young children and wonder if they will not only learn up to their potential but be happy in their READ MORE