National Bullying Prevention Month is celebrated in October in the United States. It is recognized in communities across the country, with hundreds of schools and organizations signing on as partners and engaging in activities, education, and awareness building. Bullying has come more into focus in recent years as a threat to the health and welfare … Read More
Gifted students often feel trapped in classrooms that lean on traditional curriculums and teaching methods that cater to the average student. But gifted students are not average. Each of them is unique and has his or her own strengths, interests, obsessions, passions, and sometimes, learning difficulties. As a group, gifted students comprehend complex ideas quickly, … Read More
What should you expect if you have a gifted child? What are the unique challenges you might face? What will surprise you? What should you be concerned about? Do you really believe your child is gifted? How do you know? Many children share the characteristics of gifted children but their parents are slow to recognize … Read More
Self-esteem is important for all children, not just the gifted. Research has shown that approximately half of the high school boys and a fourth of high school girls report feeling only “pretty good” about the way they are. Gifted students face even greater challenges by being very different from their peers in how they see … Read More
All students, not just gifted ones, learn differently. They all have a right to the best education possible for each of them. Gifted students present special challenges for the classroom, however, because of their unique combination of advanced intelligence and singular perception of the world in which they live. They see things and feel things … Read More
Many gifted children go unnoticed in school. Many are identified, but not until the second or third grade. Parents who think their children may be gifted will want to know before that and may want to consider alternate placement options like private preschool programs or early grade acceleration. Early testing and early identification of giftedness … Read More
