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This article presents an alphabetical listing of terms often associated with gifted assessment.
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This article shares the first-hand experience of the parent of a profoundly gifted daughter and son. Anne Cronin describes her initial confusion and worry at having a baby who refused to sleep, was constantly active and her feelings of being overwhlemed by her daughter's explorations. Her son offered some relief -- although profoundly intelligent, he was creative and less active. She wraps up with some lessons she has gleaned.
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This article by Laura Goodman, parent of a profoundly gifted son, shares her perspective of her "parenting trek" as her son enters his teen years. "For parents with extremely gifted children, what seems to be the accepted norm just isn't normal in their houses." Goodman does not offer advice on what is right, rather she makes the case that what is generally accepted as right may not be for her gifted teen.
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Jan Davidson, Ph. D., co-founder of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, provides an overview of helpful questions to ask when determining the best school for your gifted child. Topics covered include: early entrance, ability grouping, Advanced Placement (AP) courses and more.
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This article by Kathi Kearney is a bibliography and resource list representing much of the written record in this century about gifted children and homeschooling. A majority of the readings discuss issues of exceptionally and profoundly gifted children who are homeschooling. The authors come from a very wide variety of educational, religious, and philosophical perspectives.
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This full text article by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development discusses seven suggestions that both parents and experts agree are an important foundation for parenting gifted children. The suggestions include: accept and love your child unconditionally; expose your child to a plethora of learning opportunities; don't overload your child; help your child dispel unwarranted feelings of inadequacy; communicate with your child about his/her abilities; be aware of your own baggage; enjoy your child. Also included are links to articles of i...
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This article is a chapter from Benjamin Bloom's book, "Developing Talent in Young People." The author, Kathryn Sloane, examines the influence parents have on the development of talent through support and encouragement. The author focuses on family values, parental involvement in instruction, how parents adapt to the changing child through the years and family dynamics.
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Although kids of all ages can be bullied or be bullies themselves, it tends to escalate in the middle-school years. Children often pick on one another verbally or shove and push a weak classmate. Overweight kids are easy targets, as are children who dress, speak, or act differently than others. It's a shame that our culture allows and perhaps even encourages these types of behaviors, but it's still a reality in many of our school grounds, classrooms, and neighborhoods. In another excerpt from her book Laying Down the Law, Dr. Ruth Peters...
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This article covers the many potential dangers children can encounter while on the Internet. Parents are presented a number of options on how to help prevent these hazards. As described in the article, options include: Direct interaction with your child, additional help through online resources, and filtering and monitoring software.
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In this article, Debbie Abilock provides advice on how to cultivate your gifted child's interest in reading.
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This article by Marilyn Morrison, a parent of a highly gifted daughter, describes some of the issues of raising a highly gifted child: conflict of the intellect and emotions, unending curiosity and perfectionism. She describes the enhanced challenges of parenting, the exhaustion, and the extra tasks of advocating for appropriate school placement. This is not an advice piece, but a descriptive article on the experience of raising a highly gifted child.
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This book chapter is about a study that was done on parental involvement with academically talented students in grades 3-6. The study clearly shows that these parents are very involved in both the academic and social lives of their students. Authored by Nicholas Colangelo, Susan Assouline, I-chun Chen, and Tsung-Hsun Tsai.
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This article by Del Siegle outlines strategies that parents can use to encourage their gifted children to succeed. The article argues support and encouragement go a long way in validating a child and giving them the desire to achieve their fullest potential. The author also offers a handful of additional resources for parents.
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This article by Kathi Kearney discusses the developmental, educational, and social/emotional issues of highly gifted children from the perspective of parenting. Typical challenges, difficulties, joys, and surprises are discussed. Also, suggestions for maximizing both the child's development and family's balance are provided.
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This full text article by Paula Olszewski-Kubilius explores parenting strategies that seem to work best with gifted young people. It acknowledges that no child or family is the same but draws conclusions from commonalities that exist in the families of profoundly gifted young people who have been able to pursue their talents. It offers suggestions to parents such as letting the child experience some stresses in life and also letting them make their own decisions.
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Written by Beverly Trail, this article provides parents advice on how to best assist their twice-exceptional children.
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From Genius Denied: If you are the parent of a gifted child, realize that your child is exceptional and is likely to have different needs than other students. Parenting a gifted child can be extra challenging because the child’s developmental trajectories vary from the norm. The more gifted the child is, the greater the variance from the norm, and the more the parents will have to adapt their parenting strategies.
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This article Jim Delisle addresses common fears among parents of profoundly gifted children. He relates the comments he has heard from parents of profoundly gifted children, such as "I'm not smart enough to help my child" and "I'm sure if I do the wrong thing I'll just ruin this child." For each, he provides a brief discussion and advice.
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This full text article is an effort to assist you in helping your teen(s) through difficult times. Professionals with experience and expertise in the gifted population share these practical suggestions as a guide for implementing strategies that work for your family. Parents often struggle with knowing what to say, what to do, and how to act when their son or daughter experiences a rough time in his/her life. In this article, professionals share their thoughts on communication, finding purpose, parenting, suicide, and risk factors. Also inc...
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This full text article is a list of practical strategies for dealing with the frustrations and challenges of parenting highly gifted children. This "survival kit" was developed by Betty Meckstroth and a group of parents at the conference of the Hollingworth Center for Highly Gifted Children. These survival skills were developed, tested, and refined in the best laboratory of all - the daily lives of the families of highly gifted children.
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This full text article by Susan Morris is one mother's story of how she has helped her daughter to develop her writing talent. Many personal stories are included throughout this article. The author also offers tips on encouraging a child in his or her talent.
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Barbara Sand provides an excerpt from Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician. The book provides an overview of Dorothy Delay's teaching principles. This excerpt focuses on the messages we send to our children. The review discusses how your parenting strategies can change who your children become and discusses strategies to relate to your children.
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This article by Kathryn Kvols offers 17 suggestions for avoiding power struggles, including ways to give your child a sense of empowerment and promote "positive self-concepts and cooperation." It explains the difference between "authentic power" and "coercive power" and why authentic power is preferred as it results in a win-win situation for all involved. The suggestions include realistic, humourous and common sense approaches to avoiding one of the most frequently experienced and difficult aspects of parenting.
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This article by Dr. Sylvia Rimm, a psychologist who directs the Family Achievement Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a clinical professor at Case School of Medicine, discusses sibling rivalry. "Parents often wonder why their children are so different from each other even though they are raised in the very same family. In addition to genetic differences, competition among siblings does affect the development of other children in the family, and may be the most important reason why children raised in the same way are so different."
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This full text article by Nancy Delano Moore details a mother's experiences trying to access appropriate educational options for her profoundly gifted daughter. In particular, the author defends the practice of acceleration. She concludes with a handful of brief tips for parents.
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This article, written by Jan Davidson, Ph. D. of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, includes advice on the process of identification of giftedness and how to provide a nurturing learning environment for your child. Both those unfamiliar and experienced with gifted education can benefit from this information.
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This full text article by Bruce Kline and Elizabeth Meckstroth defines several pervasive characteristics and needs of exceptionally gifted children. It also identifies some corresponding options to nurture their sense of competence, confidence, and life satisfaction in synergy with their environment. The areas of critical development highlighted are interpersonal relationships, acknowledgement of uniqueness, school adjustment, creative self-expressions, and user-friendly environment. For each of these developmental areas the author suggests sev...
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While this article, by Sandra Rief, M.A., focuses on what parents can do to help their 2e students get organized, the tips provided are relevant to any gifted student who needs assistance with organization.
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This full text article by Roberta Staley describes some of the situations faced by profoundly gifted young people and their families. Staley relates many interesting anecdotes and commentaries. The article advocates for increased recognition of the importance and value of these gifted young people.
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