If your child is gifted, you probably already know that highly talented children have special needs in the classroom. What many parents don’t realize, however, is that gifted kids also require a modified approach to parenting. Ideally, the way you guide your child at home should complement and enhance the educational opportunities your child receives at school. The optimal ...
Though we associate special education with learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders, specialized programs can also be profoundly helpful for gifted children. Gifted children not only display an advanced rate of learning, they learn differently than other children, which creates the need for a responsive education environment. Giftedness is also typified by a pattern of asynchronous development, where certain skills and ...
What is intelligence? For centuries we have asked ourselves this question, wondering why we have the intellectual abilities we do and how to properly evaluate them using quantitative measures. It’s more than just idle curiosity; by understanding intelligence, we can improve our education system so that all aptitudes are nurtured equally. We can dismantle myths, erase stigma, and help ...
The idea that gifted kids can be at-risk comes as a surprise to many parents and educators; however, there’s substantial evidence showing that these children face unique (and sometimes daunting) challenges. Because giftedness is a form of asynchronous development, gifted children often struggle to reconcile their advanced intellectual abilities with their age-appropriate motor and social skills, resulting in frustration ...
Too often, the emotional side of giftedness is overlooked; for all that we laud the intellectual complexity of giftedness, seldom ...
Autism has been in the spotlight for many years. In movies, television, and novels, autistic characters are portrayed ...
Every child differs in his/her developmental capacity and pace. Some children learn to speak earlier than others. Some learn ...
Many people are under the impression that verbally adept children naturally thrive at school. We know that most programs of study strongly favour verbal learning styles (as opposed to visual learning styles), so we assume that verbally gifted children won’t face the same challenges as other children. This is, at least partially, true; however, research indicates that verbally gifted ...
Though we rely on our intelligence every day, the exact nature of intelligence remains poorly understood. Researchers are unsure of how to best define intelligence and how many different “types” of intelligence there might be. There’s also been a great deal of debate over the plasticity of the mind. In the past, most people assumed that one’s level ...
One of the most common misconceptions about gifted kids is the idea that these children automatically excel in every area. In reality, like all children, gifted kids have distinct individual aptitudes. This is especially apparent when it comes to creativity: Contrary to popular belief, not all intellectually gifted children are inherently creative, and not all creatively gifted kids are academically ...
As I was driving my four-year-old son to a friend's birthday party, a truck, stopped at the traffic light in front of us, had a four-wheeler in its bed with a newly-shot deer flopped over the seat and roped down to keep its carcass from sliding off. Immediately after taking in the lifeless body of the deer, my son became ...
